Patent ID: 8827152

Claim:
An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising: a banknote store arranged to store banknotes deposited by an ATM customer; a banknote transport path coupling the banknote store and a deposit aperture through which banknotes are deposited; a transport mechanism transporting deposited banknotes along the banknote transport path from the deposit aperture to the banknote store; a wireless tag reader disposed internally within the ATM and arranged along the banknote transport path and wirelessly reading a unique serial number associated with each banknote being transported along the banknote transport path from the deposit aperture to the banknote store; and a controller storing deposit information including both ATM customer information and the unique serial number of each banknote deposited so that a particular banknote can be identified and associated with the ATM customer if the particular banknote is subsequently identified as being counterfeit based upon the stored deposit information.