Patent ID: 7347358

Claim:
A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) depositing a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value into a deposit accepting device, providing the code on the container relating to the value of the items in the container, prior to insertion of the items into the container; 2) verifying, by the deposit accepting device, that the container has been received in an acceptable manner; and 3) incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or if the account has been previously incremented with the value of the items of value in the container prior to the depositing, leaving the account unchanged, the method further comprising prior to step 1, supplying the items of value to an item counter and verifier device adapted to count and verify the items and to insert the items into, and to seal, a container.