Patent ID: 7740120

Claim:
A money processing system, comprising: a money receiving part for receiving money; a money identifying unit for identifying a denomination of the money received by the money receiving part; a money storage part for storing the received money, depending on a denomination thereof identified by the money identifying unit; a money dispensing part for dispensing the money stored in the money storage part; and a control unit for carrying out a procedure in which the money stored in the money storage part is picked out in accordance with a given dispensing condition, and the picked-out money is dispensed from the money dispensing part; wherein the control unit is adapted to carry out a money exchange mode control for executing one process automatically selected from (a) a normal money exchange process and (b) a reverse money exchange process based on a determination of whether a single piece of money or a plurality of pieces of money are received, wherein (a) the normal money exchange process is a process for dispensing a combination of exchanged money each having a denomination smaller than that of the received money, such that a sum total of the combination of the exchanged money is equivalent to the received money, and (b) the reverse money exchange process is a process for dispensing a combination of exchanged money each having a denomination larger than that of the received money, such that a sum total of the combination of the exchanged money is equivalent to the received money.