Money item dispensing apparatus comprising: a first hopper arrangement having: a first selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a first money item receiving portion; and a first money item store for sequentially feeding a first supply of money items to be dispensed into said first money item receiving portion, the first conveyor having a first plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the first conveyor passes through the first supply thereof in the first money item receiving portion and transport it to a first exit point; a second hopper arrangement comprising: a second selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a second money item receiving portion; and a second money item store for sequentially feeding a second supply of money items to be dispensed into said second money item receiving portion, the second conveyor having a second plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the second conveyor passes through the second supply thereof in the second money item receiving portion and transport it to a second exit point; and sorting means (16, 17) operable to receive a money item and to selectively direct the money item to the first money item store, and wherein said sorting means is further operable to selectively direct the money item to the second money item store. a first hopper arrangement having: a first selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a first money item receiving portion; and a first money item store for sequentially feeding a first supply of money items to be dispensed into said first money item receiving portion, the first conveyor having a first plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the first conveyor passes through the first supply thereof in the first money item receiving portion and transport it to a first exit point; a first selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a first money item receiving portion; and a first money item store for sequentially feeding a first supply of money items to be dispensed into said first money item receiving portion, the first conveyor having a first plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the first conveyor passes through the first supply thereof in the first money item receiving portion and transport it to a first exit point; a second hopper arrangement comprising: a second selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a second money item receiving portion; and a second money item store for sequentially feeding a second supply of money items to be dispensed into said second money item receiving portion, the second conveyor having a second plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the second conveyor passes through the second supply thereof in the second money item receiving portion and transport it to a second exit point; and a second selectably drivable endless loop conveyor whose path includes a second money item receiving portion; and a second money item store for sequentially feeding a second supply of money items to be dispensed into said second money item receiving portion, the second conveyor having a second plurality of receptacles thereon, each of which is adapted to entrain, in use, a money item to be dispensed as the second conveyor passes through the second supply thereof in the second money item receiving portion and transport it to a second exit point; and sorting means (16, 17) operable to receive a money item and to selectively direct the money item to the first money item store, and wherein said sorting means is further operable to selectively direct the money item to the second money item store.