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"BU" means "Bright Uncirculated". However it's not a valid or meaningful coin grade. It's sort of a catch-phrase for any particularly shiny uncirculated coin.

Actual uncirculated grades use the designation "MS", or Mint State, followed by a number ranging from 60 (the lowest possible condition for an uncirculated coin) up to 70, which effectively means that the coin is perfect. There are very specific criteria for those numeric designations and assigning them requires special training.

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