FIELD: examination of documents.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method, as well as to an appropriate system for processing valuable documents (3–5), in particular banknotes, with the following steps: entering value documents (3) into an input compartment (2) and separating the entered value documents (3), detecting one or more properties of the individual value documents (3), ascertaining an identifier (SN11-SNx, SN21-SNy, SN31-SNz), in particular a serial number, of the value documents (3, 4) using the detected properties of the value documents (3, 4), storing the ascertained identifier (SN11-SNx, SN21-SNy, SN31-SNz) of the value documents (3, 4); dispensing the value documents (3–5) into at least one output compartment (30–32), and checking whether one or more second value documents (5) are located in the output compartment (30–32), having an identifier which was not ascertained and/or stored, using the ascertained identifier (SN11-SNx, SN21-SNy, SN31-SNz) of one or more of the first value documents (4) dispensed into the output compartment (30–32).
EFFECT: using the invention, it is possible to process valuable documents reliably and in a simple, time-saving manner, first of all, to calculate deposits.
13 cl, 3 dwg
