<p>A bank note identifying counter provided with a display unit capable of displaying in a plurality of languages. The bank note identifying counter is equipped with not only a first storage area stored with the English displaying data to be commonly used but also a second storage area, in which the display data of a mother language can be written. The counter is enabled in the country, where it is used, to display the mother language by writing the display data of the language of that country, in the second storage area.</p>
