Abstract: When using an inexpensive deposit box in a provided bill handling apparatus, bills that can be deposited are increased irrespective of a limit in the number of bills that can be stacked in the deposit box. In a bill handling apparatus including a bill deposit/withdrawal port for depositing/withdrawing bills, a bill discrimination section for discriminating bills, a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills, a deposit box for accepting reject bills and bills other than pertinent bill kinds, bill acceptance boxes for accepting the pertinent bill kinds, bill transport paths for transporting bills, and a main control section for controlling the whole apparatus, the number of bills that can be deposited is increased by providing a section for counting bills transported to the deposit box and a section for temporarily stopping bill separation from the temporary storage box.

Abstract: When using an inexpensive deposit box in a provided bill handling apparatus, bills that can be deposited are increased irrespective of a limit in the number of bills that can be stacked in the deposit box. In a bill handling apparatus including a bill deposit/withdrawal port for depositing/withdrawing bills, a bill discrimination section for discriminating bills, a temporary storage box for temporarily storing bills, a deposit box for accepting reject bills and bills other than pertinent bill kinds, bill acceptance boxes for accepting the pertinent bill kinds, bill transport paths for transporting bills, and a main control section for controlling the whole apparatus, the number of bills that can be deposited is increased by providing a section for counting bills transported to the deposit box and a section for temporarily stopping bill separation from the temporary storage box.