Y'know it's pretty funny how a coin can come off the Mint line right after being pressed doesn't grade in at MS-70. But it shows how many things during the minting process can gum things up and give us an MS-69. But even there, what a lot of people don't realize is basically, rounds like ASEs are created for bullion/melt value and for speculator/collectors like us to fawn and debate over.
IMO, if an
ASE in MS-70 is something on the bucket list, buy one already grade and slabbed, letting the seller absorb the cost for that instead of you. But even there, even an MS-70's true worth is its melt value.