Patent ID: 7438221

Claim:
An apparatus including: an automated banking machine currency cassette, wherein the cassette is usable in a cash dispensing automated banking machine, wherein the cassette is configured to hold currency notes therein, wherein the cassette is reloadable with currency notes, wherein the cassette when reloaded is reusable in a cash dispensing automated banking machine, wherein the cassette includes at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, wherein the at least one RFID tag includes data representative of at least one characteristic associated with the cassette, an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine is configured to receive the cassette, wherein the automated banking machine includes a note picker mechanism, wherein the note picker mechanism is operative during a cash dispensing operation to pick from the cassette, currency notes held therein, wherein the automated banking machine includes an RFID tag reader, wherein the RFID tag reader is operative to read the at least one RFID tag.