Patent ID: 8567585

Claim:
A money handling apparatus comprising: a feeding unit configured to feed out money one by one, the money including at least two denominations; a transport unit connected to the feeding unit, the transport unit being configured to transport the money; a recognition unit provided on the transport unit, the recognition unit being configured to recognize respective denominations of the money transported by the transport unit; a collecting and storing unit provided in a housing of the money handling apparatus, the collecting and storing unit being removable from the housing and configured to store the money transported by the transport unit in a denomination mixed state; a memory unit configured to store an amount-of-money data, which is a sum of money stored in the collecting and storing unit, and a limit sum, which is a sum of money that can be stored in the collecting and storing unit; and a control unit configured to perform a control such that the amount-of-money data does not exceed the limit sum, based on the amount-of-money data and the limit sum respectively stored in the memory unit, when there is performed a money collecting process in which money in the denomination mixed state stored in the collecting and storing unit is removed from the housing.