Abstract: A device for placing banknotes with their front or reverse sides in the same direction is comprised of a front-reverse side checker for sensing the front or reverse sides of the banknotes, route selecting means for changing the route of the banknotes, and a pair of vane wheels consisting of an upper vane wheel and a lower vane wheel rotating in mutually opposite directions. The banknotes whose routes are changed by the route selecting means are selectively supplied to the one or the other of said vane wheels so as to be placed ultimately within a downstream stacker with their front or reverse sides facing in the same direction.

Abstract: A paper currency sorting and counting apparatus comprises a first separating unit adapted for separating damaged notes and sound notes supplied through a judgement unit designed to judge the authenticity as well as damaged the state of supplied banknotes of various nominal values, a stacker for stacking reject notes, a second separating unit for sensing the front and reverse sides of the normal notes and controlling the route of these normal banknotes, and a stacker for normal notes having a pair of vane wheels for stacking the normal banknotes in order to provide for automatic sorting of the supplied banknotes.