It is an object to provide a bill handling device, the control of the
entire device of which is simplified. The bill handling device comprises:
a bill validator including a bill sensor for discriminating the validity
of a bill inserted into a bill insertion slot and further including a
bill conveyor for conveying the bill to a predetermined position and
sending the bill, which has been discriminated to be invalid by the bill
sensor, back to the bill insertion slot; and a bill accommodating unit
including a bill accommodating section for accommodating a bill, further
including a bill detector for detecting the bill which has been sent out,
furthermore including a conveyance roller for conveying the bill to the
bill accommodating section side independently from the bill conveyor by a
conveyance force weaker than the conveyance force of conveying the bill
by the bill conveyor while the bill detector is detecting the bill.