Patent ID: 7036651

Claim:
A method for processing currency bills and coins in a cash processing system that includes a currency bill processing device and a coin processing device, said cash processing system including a resident memory, comprising: providing a cash receptacle containing a plurality of currency bills and a plurality of coins; providing a target amount of cash to be stored in said cash receptacle, said cash being stored after a removing step is performed; determining a coin total corresponding to the value of said plurality of coins in said cash receptacle by using said coin processing device; determining a bill total corresponding to the value of said plurality of bills in said cash receptacle by using said currency bill processing device; determining a bill removal amount; removing said bill removal amount worth of currency bills from said plurality of currency bills provided in said cash receptacle; and storing remaining currency bills and coins in said cash receptacle, the total amount of remaining currency bills and coins corresponding to said target amount of cash.