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Morgan Dollar missing ribbon detail - Any Idea -Wing photo attached

This is the reverse of an 1878 P rev of 78, in an NGC holder - MS63, that I bought on-line. What caused the ribbon detail to be missing? Did it happen during the minting process or is it damage? Does this affect the coins value? I've been collecting a couple of years and this is the fist time I've seen this. Thanks in advance for any information.

Note: While waiting on my "security clearance" I posted this at another sight. One answer was over-basining the die. After looking up what basining was, I would think only the highest relief would be seen on the coin. This does not look to be the case on this coin.

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