First, what called my atention was the damage in the portait, but for what i come here is for the damage in words"Liberte Egalite".
I tend to think that the overall damage in the coin was done with some kind of corrosive product (?) but that doesnt explain (for me) why several letters from the leyend are like in two "levels".
In other words, becasue that corrosive product, ¿letters just should have been "deleted" like if the coin was worn?

Some detailled photos about the damage in the leyend i told before (you can also see thoose 2 "levels"):