Fare box

A fare box that receives and stores money as fares comprising:

• a main body;
• a cashbox that receives and stores money is attachable to and detachable from the main body;
• a bill normal receiving opening that receives a bill from an outer face of the main body;
• a bill normal transportation passage that transports a bill received from the bill normal receiving opening to the cashbox;
• a bill backup receiving opening that receives a bill from an outer face of the main body;
• a bill bypass passage that transports a bill received from the bill backup receiving opening to the cashbox;
• a shutter member that selectively takes either of two positions, wherein the two positions are a normal position at which the shutter member opens the bill normal receiving opening and a bypass position at which the shutter member opens the bill backup receiving opening;
• a bill receiving opening switch mechanism that shifts two positions of the shutter member, therein the two positions are the bill normal receiving opening and the bill backup receiving opening as a bill receiving opening;
• a cashbox side communicator that receives a radio wave, operates by using the electric power of the radio wave as a power supply, and transmits an ID code unique to the cashbox;
• a body side communicator that is provided to the main body, transmits the radio wave and receives the ID code;
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• a cashbox authentication processor that authenticates the cashbox on the basis of the received ID code.