Mobile communication device connected currency receiving, accepting, capturing, verifying and rejecting apparatus

A currency verification apparatus comprising:

• a receptacle defining a money storage area;
• a denomination discriminator interfacing the money storage area, the denomination discriminator including:
• a slotted entrance for receiving currency;
• at least one sensor for sensing at least one physical characteristic of currency received through the slotted entrance;
• a processor;
• a memory for storing:
• acceptable currency denomination dimension parameters;
• and
• a device controller including computer program code instructions that when executed on the processor perform the steps of:
• verifying a received currency based on said at least one sensed physical characteristic and said acceptable denomination dimension parameters;
• when said at least one sensed physical characteristic matches the acceptable denomination dimension parameters:
• (i) determining a denomination of said currency, based on at least one of said at least one sensed physical characteristic and said acceptable denomination dimension parameters;
• (ii) transmitting the determined denomination to a mobile communication device via a mobile communication device interface;
• and
• when said at least one sensed physical characteristic does not match the acceptable denomination dimension parameters, rejecting the received currency.