Apparatus for examining documents of value

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus for examining documents of value, in particular bank notes, with one or more light-emitting diodes (10) for illuminating a document of value (1) under examination with light emitted by the light-emitting diodes (10) and at least one detector device (30) for detecting light (31) emanating from the document of value (1). For improved illumination of the documents of value under examination (1) along with a simple structure, it is provided that the light-emitting diodes (10) are formed to emit white light. This obtains uniform spatial and spectral illumination of the document of value (1).