Machine for receiving and enclosing bank notes, where information is printed on the inside of a transparent film

A method of handling banknotes in a banknote handling machine comprising, in the following sequence, the steps of:

• receiving banknotes deposited from outside the machine in an infeed part and identifying the customer;
• checking validity of the banknotes by a detector unit;
• conveying a varied number of checked banknotes suspected of being false banknotes to a packaging unit for encasing banknotes, said step of conveying being controlled by a process unit;
• durably printing information relating to said customer and said number of suspected banknotes in mirror image on an inner side of transparent packaging material, said printing being controlled by said process unit;
• and
• encasing said number of suspected banknotes with said printed transparent packaging material to form a closed package completely sealing said suspected banknotes such that said printed information on the inner side of said transparent packaging material is readable right-way-up from outside said closed package.