Making an impulse purchase on a note counter could cost you your most valuable asset - your time! Therefore we recommend that you do yourself a favour, sit down, relax, put the kettle on, and read through the following;

• 1) If notes are mostly PRE-SORTED (i.e. when skimming till drawers or when accepting notes from the CIT company), then your first step should be to check out the section above called BANKNOTE COUNTERS FOR PRE-SORTED NOTES. From then on you can decide on a count-by-weight money counter or perhaps a friction note counter, which ever you prefer.
  
• 2) If fairly large quantities of MIXED NOTES need to be counted quickly (i.e. larger value cash transactions such as at a wholesalers or a betting shop), and where time is of the essence, then you may wish to look at a mixed note counter to give you an initial overall value (with full denomination breakdown on screen if needed). MIXED NOTE COUNTERS (also known as Value Counters) usually double-up as single-denomination counters should you wish to count this way once they are sorted
  
• 3) Of course, if you handle very large volumes of cash (e.g. busy supermarkets, casinos, football stadium etc) then one of the BANKNOTE COUNTERS AND SORTERS may be the ideal choice. These multifuntional devices can face and orient the notes as they count, sort and validate all in one application

  
  

COUNTERFEIT DETECTION (FOR BANKNOTE COUNTERS) TERMS EXPLAINED

Basic Level (Wont ID many fake notes):-

• 1) Size Detection. This only halts the count when a different denomination note has been mixed into your bundle (e.g. 1 x £10 in a bundle of £20s) and thus this function prevents mis-counts.
  
• 2) Ultra Violet. Nowadays, with UV detection, only simple counterfeit banknotes will be identified. This function is handy if you want to spot a random piece of copier paper that is in amongst your banknotes
  
• 3) Pattern Recognition. Some banknote counters will utilise a table device, similar to a camera, to detect intricate patterns within a bank note. This method is commonly used by banknote sorting machines to identify between denominations, and not to identify forged notes

• 4) Magnetic Ink. Only some banknotes actually contain magnetic inks or serial numbers, therefore it can be very effective - as long as you know which notes to apply this to
  
• 5) Magnetic Thread. Many banknotes contain a metal thread within the paper substrate which has some magnetic properties. A centrally placed MG sensor on the banknote counter can detect the presence of a magnetic security thread very effectively.

• 6) Coded Magnetic Thread. The metallic thread of many banknotes can have a secret magnetic coding (almost like a digital signal coding) which is different for every denomination. Special sensors can detect the presence and even read the code at high counting speeds
  
• 7) Fluorescence. Various combinations of fluorescent light sources and filtered responses/sensors allow the banknote paper quality to be controlled as a means to pick out very high quality counterfeits
  
• 8) EMFLUX. Some banknotes contain covert magnetics of much lower strength than the magnetics usually used in Portraits, threads or serial numbers.