The missing letters generally are filled/greased dies, done to prolong die lie for a few more hits. If you look close, this is a MAD, the die struck cocked at an angle, striking harder at the top than bottom, rim's deeper up there, loss of detail at bottom. Kinda normal, die operator's hear a racket and tweak the adjustments!
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