A paper currency sorting and counting apparatus comprises a first separating unit adapted for separating damaged notes and sound notes supplied through a judgement unit designed to judge the authenticity as well as damaged the state of supplied banknotes of various nominal values, a stacker for stacking...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US4500002?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4500002 - Apparatus for sorting and counting a number of banknotes