Automated merchant banking apparatus and method

A coin roll dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a housing, wherein the housing includes a holding area accessible from outside the housing, a movable member in supporting connection with the housing bounding the holding area, the housing further including a storage area, the storage area generally not accessible from outside the housing;
• a coin roll dispenser in the housing selectively operative to cause a coin roll to be deposited in the holding area;
• a drive in operative connection with the movable member;
• and
• a controller in operative connection with the drive, wherein the controller is selectively operative to cause the movable member to cause a coin roll in the holding area to move to the storage area.