Money Sorters

As it turns out, the first main role served by money sorters, is that of sorting money. There are actually two types of money sorters; those designed for sorting coins, and those that are designed for sorting bills/notes. The money can be sorted in terms of denomination value or its currency, in case it happens to be in mixed currencies.

The money sorters also help in something known as ‘discrimination’ of money. Assume, for instance, that a mixture of genuine and fake coins or bills is fed into a money sorter. In that scenario, only the genuine ones would be sorted, with the fake ones failing the various criteria applied by the machines in determining where to place them.

Most money sorters are unable to work with pieces of currency that are either deliberately or accidentally torn, tattered, or too old.

The average money sorter is a relatively complex machine. It is programmed to recognize currency (either notes or coins) by things like weight, color or special features.

If you are looking at a coin sorter, what happens is that the coins in need of sorting are fed into the sorter, which looks like some sort of a mill. Some of the sorters then process the coins in a linear manner, starting with those of a given value. In a given batch, all the coins of a particular value are directed to the output compartment, followed by those of the next value and so on, till all genuine coins in that particular compartment are processed. In some money sorters, the processing is done at the same time (in a non-linear manner), with the coins of the various denominational values being led into different compartments.

If you are looking at a notes/bills sorter, pretty much the same thing happens: but with a little bit more emphasis on verification of the bills’ genuineness.

Most of the money sorters also count the money when sorting it: meaning that the money sorter also tends to function as a money counter style.