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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 419980, member: 15062&quot;]Originally Posted by davidh&nbsp; </p><p>Is there any logical reason why the use of the letters/words (G, Fine, etc) should be continued?</p><p><br /></p><p>Because eBay will not permit you to use numbers unless the coin is certified by an authorized TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, here is Heritage&#039;s definition of BU</p><p>Quote:</p><p>Brilliant Uncirculated A generic term for any coin that has not been in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>and here is PCGS&#039;s</p><p>Quote:</p><p>Brilliant Uncirculated</p><p>A generic term applied to any coin that has not been in circulation. It often is applied to coins with little &quot;brilliance&quot; left, which properly should be described as simply Uncirculated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as ebay&#039;s policy regarding non-slabbed number descriptions - it applies only to the heading.&nbsp; You can pretty much say anything you want in the description.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for BU descriptors of coins that aren&#039;t B - maybe PCGS is tending towards logic and may remove B from coins that aren&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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