Abstract: A device to stack and collect banknotes with the possibility of returning them. It comprises conveyors (18) to take every banknote at the level of the inlet (12) and to drag the buntnote and spread it on a support surface (14) over a central opening (14'), and a presser (19), set by the central opening of the support surface (14), that can be moved from a raised position over the support surface to a first work level causing the passage of every banknote under the support surface between, the presser and holders (17); and to a second work level to cause the banknotes to be discharged below the holders. The device moreover comprises a mechanism to return the banknotes after horizontal movements of the support surface (14).