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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10297

20 January 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
8% increase in forged coins removed from circulation

Brussels, 19/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The number of counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation in 2010 was up 8% on the previous year, with a total of 186,000 coins seized, compared to 172,100 in 2009. Overall, the number of forged coins remains extremely low in relation to the 16 billion genuine euro coins in circulation, which proves that the combined efforts of the European Commission (including the European anti-fraud office, OLAF) and the other institutions of the EU and the...

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