A banknote handling machine configured for handling banknotes of a plurality of denominations of a plurality of countries, such banknotes including the banknotes of a first country and the banknotes of another country than the first country, and the banknote handling machine comprising: a first banknote handling apparatus including a take-in unit configured for taking in the banknotes, a recognition unit configured for recognizing the banknotes taken in by the take-in unit, and a stacker (13, 14, 15, 16) configured for stacking therein the banknotes respectively recognized by the recognition unit; a second banknote handling apparatus connected with the first banknote handling apparatus, configured for receiving, from the first banknote handling apparatus, the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus and including another stacker (32, 33, 34, 35, 36) configured for stacking therein the banknotes fed from the first banknote handling apparatus; and a control unit configured for controlling the first banknote handling apparatus and second banknote handling apparatus to assign the banknote handling apparatuses, to which the banknotes of the first country and the banknotes of another country than the first country are to be respectively transported, to the first banknote handling apparatus or second banknote handling apparatus, such that when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, while when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of another country than the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the first banknote handling apparatus, wherein the second banknote handling apparatus includes a bundling unit configured for bundling the banknotes stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, with a bundling paper, so as to prepare bundled banknotes, characterized in that, in a first handling operation, when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, while when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of another country than the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the first banknote handling apparatus, and then controls the bundling unit to bundle the banknotes of the first country stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, with the bundling paper. a first banknote handling apparatus including a take-in unit configured for taking in the banknotes, a recognition unit configured for recognizing the banknotes taken in by the take-in unit, and a stacker (13, 14, 15, 16) configured for stacking therein the banknotes respectively recognized by the recognition unit; a second banknote handling apparatus connected with the first banknote handling apparatus, configured for receiving, from the first banknote handling apparatus, the banknotes recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus and including another stacker (32, 33, 34, 35, 36) configured for stacking therein the banknotes fed from the first banknote handling apparatus; and a control unit configured for controlling the first banknote handling apparatus and second banknote handling apparatus to assign the banknote handling apparatuses, to which the banknotes of the first country and the banknotes of another country than the first country are to be respectively transported, to the first banknote handling apparatus or second banknote handling apparatus, such that when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, while when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of another country than the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the first banknote handling apparatus, wherein the second banknote handling apparatus includes a bundling unit configured for bundling the banknotes stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, with a bundling paper, so as to prepare bundled banknotes, characterized in that, in a first handling operation, when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, while when the banknote recognized by the recognition unit of the first banknote handling apparatus is the banknote of another country than the first country, the control unit controls such that such a banknote is stacked in the stacker of the first banknote handling apparatus, and then controls the bundling unit to bundle the banknotes of the first country stacked in the stacker of the second banknote handling apparatus, with the bundling paper.