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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thedabbler, post: 1441112, member: 32800&quot;]The most likely reason:&nbsp; The larger companies (APMEX, etc.) are able to submit a large number of coins for grading, specifying a minimum grade (probably MS-69).&nbsp; Coins that grade at MS-69 are slabbed with that grade.&nbsp; The rest are slabbed as &quot;Brilliant Uncirculated&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at APMEX&#039;s page for selling 2011 ATB pucks, there aren&#039;t any MS-68.&nbsp; I am going on the assumption that from 2011 on, any slabbed coins that are graded as BU are between MS-65 and MS-68.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the above is not necessarily true for 2010 ATB pucks.&nbsp; Some of the companies selling them had all of the coins slabbed as BU (probably to make packaging and shipping easier).&nbsp; Other companies appear to have specified a minimum grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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