Patent ID: 8047427

Claim:
A method comprising: processing at a currency handling device a set of one or more transactions, wherein each transaction is associated with at least one of a user and a point of sale, and wherein the transactions comprise one or more currency deposits; internally validating one or more units of currency received as part of the one or more currency deposits; identifying as temporarily unreconcilable one or more different units of currency which are part of the one or more currency deposits; receiving user input identifying one or more currency amounts corresponding to the temporarily unreconcilable units of currency; and generating and outputting via the currency handling device a reconcilement report comprising data summarizing the set of one or more transactions, said data including at least an amount corresponding to the internally validated units of currency, and at least an amount corresponding to the temporarily unreconcilable units of currency, the reconcilement report further comprising: a number corresponding to a net transaction balance for the set of transactions; a number corresponding to a balance of temporarily unreconcilable units of currency for the set of transactions; and a number corresponding to a balance of internally validated units of currency for the set of transactions.