11/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - Increase in number of counterfeit euro coins seized. In 2012, the number of counterfeit euro coins seized rose by 17% to 184,000 compared with 2011's 157,000, according to figures released on Monday 11 February 2013 by the European Commission. The two-euro coin is the most often falsified (121,000 counterfeit two-euro coins were seized, up from 94,500 in 2011). There are some 16.5 million euro coins in circulation, giving a ratio of 1 counterfeit per 100,000...