BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD

摘要

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a banknote handling apparatus and a banknote handling method, wherein currencies of a plurality of countries can be handled and handling of money can be executed at a prescribed rate or more. A banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a reception unit that takes in inserted banknotes one by one; a conveyance unit that conveys the banknotes which have been taken in; a storage unit that stores a plurality of banknote distinguishing data corresponding to currencies of a plurality of countries; a selection unit that selects a plurality of banknote distinguishing data stored in the storage unit and groups the selected data so as to satisfy a prescribed criterion; and a distinguishing unit that is provided at the conveyance unit and distinguishes the banknotes which have been taken in by the reception unit on the basis of the grouped banknote distinguishing data.