Device for stacking notes of value

A device for stacking notes of value, comprising:

• at least one circulating belt arrangement including an endless belt guided over rollers for serving as deflecting elements, where a circumferential surface of the endless belt includes at least one transport tongue into which at least a section of a note of value is insertable,
• at least one strip-off element for contacting the note of value for removal from the transport tongue to, after removal from the transport tongue, move the note of value in a deposit direction until the note reaches a deposit surface or until it reaches an upper note of value of a value note stack present on the deposit surface, and
• a contact element arranged and configured such that during the transport in the transport tongue the note of value moves the contact element into a first position, and the contact element contacts an area of the note of value at least after the removal of the note of value from the transport tongue up to the arrival of the note of value on the deposit surface or on the upper note of value of a value note stack deposited on the deposit surface.