This is a growth of 29 percent over the previous year, but at the same time the increase is slowing, which was 63 per cent in 2006 compared to the previous period. Counterfeit coins are still extremely small compared to the total volume of 75 billion metal vapor used in the financial system. Meanwhile the European Commission say they seized a number lower than the counterfeit coins in the community before the introduction of euro.Total around 585 thousand counterfeit coins were withdrawn from the market since it was released a common European currency in circulation in 2002 Last year, the competent national authorities have destroyed two illegal mints money in Italy and Spain, bringing the total number of detected illegal "mint" of the euro is 14.