Arrangement having a container in the form of a cassette (12a to 12d) for receiving rectangular single sheets in the form of banknotes, and having a single sheet handling device for inputting and for dispensing the single sheets into or out of the container, wherein the single sheet handling device comprises: a feeding device (14a to 14d, 30, 200, 252, 270, 350) which comprises feeding elements for the sheet-by-sheet feeding of single sheets and for the depositing of said single sheets in a stack of single sheets in the container (12a to 12d), and a separating device (14a to 14d, 30, 200, 252, 270, 350) which comprises separating elements for the sheet-by-sheet removal of single sheets of the stack from the container (12a to 12d), wherein the feeding elements and the separating elements are arranged separately from the container (12a to 12d), wherein at least one actively driven delimiting element is provided which is movable in the stacking direction and in the opposite direction to the stacking direction and, by means of its position, variably delimits the stacking space in a single sheet receiving region of the container (12a to 12d), the delimiting element is in the form of a displacement carriage, the separating elements have three extraction wheels, the displacement carriage presses the banknotes, which are present as a stack in a note receiving region of the cassette (12a to 12d), against the extraction wheels, the extraction wheels are arranged on an extraction wheel shaft which is mounted resiliently on one side, a sensor arrangement detects the deflection of the nondriven shaft end of the drive shaft in analogue and/or digital form, and contact pressure optimization is undertaken with the aid of the detected deflection during the separation of banknotes. a feeding device (14a to 14d, 30, 200, 252, 270, 350) which comprises feeding elements for the sheet-by-sheet feeding of single sheets and for the depositing of said single sheets in a stack of single sheets in the container (12a to 12d), and a separating device (14a to 14d, 30, 200, 252, 270, 350) which comprises separating elements for the sheet-by-sheet removal of single sheets of the stack from the container (12a to 12d), wherein the feeding elements and the separating elements are arranged separately from the container (12a to 12d), wherein at least one actively driven delimiting element is provided which is movable in the stacking direction and in the opposite direction to the stacking direction and, by means of its position, variably delimits the stacking space in a single sheet receiving region of the container (12a to 12d), the delimiting element is in the form of a displacement carriage, the separating elements have three extraction wheels, the displacement carriage presses the banknotes, which are present as a stack in a note receiving region of the cassette (12a to 12d), against the extraction wheels, the extraction wheels are arranged on an extraction wheel shaft which is mounted resiliently on one side, a sensor arrangement detects the deflection of the nondriven shaft end of the drive shaft in analogue and/or digital form, and contact pressure optimization is undertaken with the aid of the detected deflection during the separation of banknotes.