Depositing items of value
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1. A method of depositing items of value, the method comprisingdepositing a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value into a deposit accepting device, providing the code on the container relating to the value of the items in the container, prior to insertion of the items into the container;
- 2) verifying, by the deposit accepting device, that the container has been received in an acceptable manner; and
3) incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or if the account has been previously incremented with the value of the items of value in the container prior to the depositing, leaving the account unchanged, the method further comprising prior to step 1, supplying the items of value to an item counter and verifier device adapted to count and verify the items and to insert the items into, and to seal, a container.
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Abstract
A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising
- 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container;
- 2) verifying that the package has been received in an acceptable manner, and, if it has,
- 3) either incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has previously been incremented, leaving the account unchanged.
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1. A method of depositing items of value, the method comprisingdepositing a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value into a deposit accepting device, providing the code on the container relating to the value of the items in the container, prior to insertion of the items into the container;
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2) verifying, by the deposit accepting device, that the container has been received in an acceptable manner; and 3) incrementing an account with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or if the account has been previously incremented with the value of the items of value in the container prior to the depositing, leaving the account unchanged, the method further comprising prior to step 1, supplying the items of value to an item counter and verifier device adapted to count and verify the items and to insert the items into, and to seal, a container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. Apparatus for depositing items of value, the apparatus comprising a container loading apparatus at a source location for loading items of value into a coded, tamper evident container, the code providing an indication of the value of the items in the container, the code being provided prior to the loading of the items and a deposit apparatus at a destination location for receiving the sealed, tamper evident container including items of value, the apparatus comprising a tamper detection system for determining if the container has been tampered with, a code reader for reading the code on the container, and a secure receptacle for storing accepted containers, the deposit apparatus being adapted to cause an account to be incremented with the value of the items of value in the container by reference to the code and without opening the container, or, if the account has been previously incremented with the value of the items of value in the container prior to the receiving, leaving the account unchanged, the apparatus further comprising prior to the receiving, an item counter and verifier device adapted to count and verify the items of value and adapted to insert the items into, and to seal, the container.
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