2022 Cratered Lincoln Cent: Strike-Thru, Lamination, or PMD?

I recently came across this 2022 Lincoln while roll searching. It appears to be mint state. Right above LIBERTY is a rather large and deep crater in the field. It has mint luster inside of the crater and no signs of scrape, so I’m thinking it is either a small lamination or a strike-through error - perhaps a shaving of metal or some other foreign object coming between the die and the planchet?

Thoughts?

 

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Just a Zincoln with PMD…imo…Spark

 

OK, thanks for the input.

 

Inconsequential contact mark.

 

It's a Strike Through. Common.

 

I think I can see raised metal at the edge of the indent so I will say it's PMD.

 

I'm totally with @alurid on this one. I see raised, displaced metal along the entire left edge of the mark, indicating it was a hit. Whether it happen at the mint or after, really doesn't matter. Just a damaged spot with NAV, imho.