Bank note handling system for strictly controlling the resupplying of bank note cassettes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a bank note handling system which can operate strict control over the resupplying of bank note cassettes with bank notes for depositing and dispensing transactions.
According to the present invention, the bank note handling system comprises a base; removable cassette means in the base for holding a supply of bank notes, the supply of bank notes including notes having a desired denomination and being subject to the inclusion of notes having undesired denominations, the cassette means including memory means for storing denomination data corresponding to the desired denomination of the supply of bank notes; means for reading the denomination data from the memory means; feeding means for removing the bank notes from the cassette means; means for discriminating the denomination of each bank note removed from the cassette means; and means for comparing the denomination discriminated by the discriminating means with the denomination data read by the reading means for detecting the presence of notes having an undesired denomination .