What is the difference between forgery and counterfeit

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I'm translating a text, and came across the following definition:

security printer: producer of printed documents or products of value or entitlement, ID documents or security foils (3.25) which are physically protected against forgery, counterfeit  and alteration by security features (3.26).

What is the difference between forgery and counterfeit in the context of security printing?
I googled for definitions but found no difference, they seem to be synonymous. In Russian, there is only one word, подделка (poddelka) for both these senses, and I'm at a loss on how to translate this.

chasly - supports Monica · Accepted Answer

Forgery is a crime.  It is the process of making, drawing, or altering
a document with the intent to defraud.  A person is guilty of forgery
if s/he alters any writing or makes any writing of another person and
proclaims it to be the act of the other person who did not actually
authorize the act.
Counterfeiting is criminal imitation.  It is done with the intent of
fraudulently passing off the counterfeited product as genuine ...
https://criminallaw.uslegal.com/crimes-against-property/forgery-and-counterfeiting/

Acording to the above, one difference is that forgery can involve altering something that already exists whereas counterfeiting refers to making something from scratch. I am not a legal expert so please read the paragraphs yourself and draw your own conclusions.
Note: The search-term I used is counterfeit vs forgery

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