I have included the first picture I took of the private key with the most severely blemished sections shown, this picture was taken while the key was still under the foil and attached to coin as I immediately noticed the faded font
Furthermore, there are characters like this which are slightly blemished which appears to be Zk? but if its zk or 2k that's another few hundred guesses added to the possibilities
And as mentioned by owlcatz, there is also the issue of similar appearance of characters irrespective of ink status, such as this part of the PK which is crystal clear but I still have to try 1 vs l or even in the first picture 0 vs O vs o. I believe there are well over 2000 potential combinations based on character similarities of which I have already tried ~300 of what I felt were the most likely characters
The PK paper has remained untouched with the PK facing upwards since removal. However, ink has actually further faded to the point where the last 3 characters in the first image above are no longer distinguishable (I would be entirely screwed had I not taken a picture yesterday). For reference: room temperature 68 degrees with humidity at 35%. The slab was cracked at the top and spliced down the side with no pressure on the coin.
If anybody is able to adequately decipher the above characters/share photos of redeemed XMR private keys which allow me to successfully sweep the wallet without entering thousands of combinations, I am more than glad to offer the peeled XMR coin or 5 XMR as a token of my appreciation 
, just shoot me a DM and I can share what I have already tried and a few other characters in question. Will post a separate summary thread to help future peelers as well
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