Flat Strike
Occurs when the front and reverse dies do not fully advance towards each other as a coin is being struck, causing the highest areas of relief on the coin's surface to be poorly defined, ...
Most flat strikes show uneveness as on the above two coins. If, however, ...
Flat strike further defaced by a square piercing from the reverse side, perhaps by a nail.
CAESAR PONT MAX/bare head of Augustus right
/ROM ET AV [sic] (It should finish AVG) beneath altar of Lugdunum dedicated to Rome and Augustus.
Care must be taken not to mistake a flat strike with wear. A few more detracting marks as for UNC may be apparent but none must be of a serious nature. Some lustre on silver or brilliance on copper may still be apparent.
and frequent internet coin forums then often you'll hear about a coin being 'well struck' or 'struck up' or 'having a good strike'. On the flip side you may hear of a coin 'having a weak strike', or 'not being struck up', or 'having a flat strike', ...
 See also: Flat, Grade, Strike, Revers, Slight
  
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