Is this a known VAM for a CC Morgan?

There appears to be a star on the neck of this Morgan. Has anybody ever seen this before and how would this happen?

 

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It's very bright. Can you show the whole Please . Thanks .

 

I kind of don’t want to give it away just in case I want to buy it.

 

Very interesting.

 

Yep, that's definitely a STAR ! How did it.. what the heck .. get there ?? If the price is right, buy it. If it makes you happy then that's all that matters .

 

Nice. Looks like star to me. Same size also.

 

Very cool. I wonder how that happened, is there a part of a star or another feature anywhere else on the coin?

Nickname ideas?
- shooting star Morgan
- rising star Morgan
- bad tattoo Morgan

 

She will find it hard to get a job with that on her neck.

 

Struck through dropped star? I dunno...

 

Go ahead and buy it! We'll tell you later what we think. We don't want to give anything away just yet.

 

There is an 1888-O "Shooting Star" VAM! Worth a very nice premium if you're lucky enough to cherrypick one as well.

 

You would have to look it up here.
http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/Home

 

Doctor...Doctor.....

 

It's not the shooting star as they are die gouges on one of the stars, not an extra star.

 

Is it a selling point with the seller...?

 

Wow, go for it dude, just don't tell your wife!

 

The seller didn't even mention it. That's what's weird. It's in an original GSA holder.

 

Sure looks like a star to me, maybe a dropped element? Not sure,
Interesting though.

 

I'm even trying to figure out if it might be a Photoshop healing-brush accident, but no, it really looks legit. Exact size and shape of an obverse star, but incuse. Having thought of the struck-through-dropped-star thing, I'm having trouble seeing it as anything else. But I don't know enough about dropped elements to know if that's likely.

 

A dropped element is a dislodged filled device. this does not make it a variety, it does fit into the error category. That dislodged die fill more than likely didn't strike another coin, And if it did the second strike obliterated it.