A money item singulator comprising: a rotatable money item conveying element with a circumferential surface; and a static peripheral guide wall ; the conveying element including: at least one money item conveying region comprising an indentation in the circumferential surface of the rotatable conveying element, the indentation including a money item conveying surface and a money item singulating surface configured to abut the edge of a money item in the conveying region, wherein: during a first stage of a rotation path of the conveying element, a first stable region for a money item is provided in an outer part of the indentation in the conveying element by the conveying surface and the peripheral guide wall; and during a second stage of the rotation path of the conveying element a second stable region for a money item is provided in an inner part of the conveying element by the singulating surface for a money item previously in the first stable region, wherein the second stable region in the inner part of the conveying element supports only a single money item; wherein the peripheral guide wall has a region of reduced height to singulate money items during the first stage of the rotation path of the conveying element. a rotatable money item conveying element with a circumferential surface; and a static peripheral guide wall ; the conveying element including: at least one money item conveying region comprising an indentation in the circumferential surface of the rotatable conveying element, the indentation including a money item conveying surface and a money item singulating surface configured to abut the edge of a money item in the conveying region, wherein: during a first stage of a rotation path of the conveying element, a first stable region for a money item is provided in an outer part of the indentation in the conveying element by the conveying surface and the peripheral guide wall; and during a second stage of the rotation path of the conveying element a second stable region for a money item is provided in an inner part of the conveying element by the singulating surface for a money item previously in the first stable region, wherein the second stable region in the inner part of the conveying element supports only a single money item; wherein the peripheral guide wall has a region of reduced height to singulate money items during the first stage of the rotation path of the conveying element. during a first stage of a rotation path of the conveying element, a first stable region for a money item is provided in an outer part of the indentation in the conveying element by the conveying surface and the peripheral guide wall; and during a second stage of the rotation path of the conveying element a second stable region for a money item is provided in an inner part of the conveying element by the singulating surface for a money item previously in the first stable region, wherein the second stable region in the inner part of the conveying element supports only a single money item; wherein the peripheral guide wall has a region of reduced height to singulate money items during the first stage of the rotation path of the conveying element. <EOS>