Abstract: A guide is shown for connecting two separately arranged transfer units, in particular currency transfer units in banking machines, which are shiftable relative to each other. The guide comprises a non-resilient and a resilient guide element, both of which form a guide channel between the transfer units. The guide channel is conically tapered both in and opposite to the transfer direction. This allows a transfer of sheet-shaped media both forward and backward. The resilient guide element's interaction with the non-resilient guide element, when engaged, leads to a self-alignment of the transfer units.