Bill counter

A bill counter comprising:

• a bill loading section where plural bills are loaded;
• a feeding means for feeding the bills individually;
• a transfer means for transferring the bills fed by the feeding means to a collecting section;
• and an authenticity/counterfeit determining means arranged between the feeding means and the collecting section for determining whether the bills are authentic or not:
• characterized by that
• the authenticity/counterfeit determining means comprises plural kinds of detectors with different determining principles;
• a determination condition memory means for detecting presence or absence of output in each of the plural kinds of detectors with different determining principles on the firstly fed one of the bills and for memorizing the detection result;
• and a condition match comparing means for comparing detection results in the plural kinds of detectors with different determining principles on the secondly fed one of the bills and thereafter with the detection result memorized in the determination condition memory means;
• and as a result of the comparison, in the case wherein at least one of the detection results in the plural kinds of detectors does not match, the authenticity/counterfeit determining means determines that the bill concerned is a counterfeit bill.

A bill counter comprising a bill loading section where plural bills are loaded, a feeding means for feeding the above bills individually, a transfer means for transferring the bills fed by the feeding means to a collecting section, and an authenticity/counterfeit determining means arranged between the feeding means and the collecting section for determining whether the bills are authentic or not, wherein,

• the authenticity/counterfeit determining means comprises a single kind of detectors, and further comprises:
• a determination condition memory means for detecting presence or absence of output in the detectors on the firstly fed one of the bills;
• and for memorizing the detection result;
• and a condition match comparing means for comparing detection results in the detectors on the secondly fed one of the bills and thereafter with the detection result memorized in the determination condition memory means;
• and as a result of the comparison, in the case wherein output presence and does not match, the authenticity/counterfeit determining means determines that the bill concerned is a counterfeit bill.