0.70-rc1 testnet does not support eth_call for blocks prior to upgrade

[crypto-steve-ng]

Describe the bug
eth_call for blocks prior to the testnet upgrade (blocks before 1553700) are getting -32000 error.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Below is an RPC post request to wcro contract balanceOf(addr) function with different block parameter. When block parameter is prior to 0.7.0, an error is thrown

• latest - work
• a block after 0.7.0, block 1553701 = 0x17B525 - work
• a block before 0.7.0, block 1553699 = 0x17B523 - error

Example of eth_call request on block 1553699

[
    {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "method": "eth_call",
        "params": [
            {
                "to": "0x6a3173618859C7cd40fAF6921b5E9eB6A76f1fD4",
                "data": "0x70a08231000000000000000000000000e871ff8d355a351c21c5c4423874b141da23ee43"
            },
            "0x17B523"
        ],
        "id": 1
    }
]

Error response

[
    {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "error": {
            "code": -32000,
            "message": "rpc error: code = Unknown desc = panic message redacted to hide potentially sensitive system info: panic"
        }
    }
]

Expected behavior
Expected success response

[
    {
        "jsonrpc": "2.0",
        "id": 1,
        "result": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
    }
]