Apparatus for handling banknotes

A bank note handling apparatus for respectively receiving and outputting bank notes, for example in cooperation with a cash register in a supermarket, and for enabling storage of the bank notes under secure circumstances during conveyance, wherein the bank note handling apparatus comprises in combination a common input and output device with a slit (4) for bank notes, a bank note reader (8), a bank note seizing and conveying device (9) cooperating with the bank note reader (8), a bank note box (11) positioned in the bank note handling apparatus and being subdivided into compartments (F1-F5) each for a specific bank note denomination and being adapted to cooperate with said bank note seizing and conveying device (9), a cover (40) which may be slid onto said bank note box (11), a locking device (39) for locking said cover (40) of said bank note box (11) so that the bank note box (11) will be fully enclosed prior to being removed from said bank note handling apparatus, and a key (71) disposed externally of said bank note handling apparatus for unlocking the cover (40) of said bank note box (11).