A banknote processing apparatus includes a banknote transport unit 13 for individually feeding and transporting inserted banknotes, a recognition unit 14 for recognizing banknote denominations and recognizing banknote types according to two fitness categories, a stacker 16 for stacking the banknotes based on the recognition result, banknote bundling units 3A (3B) each including bundling stacking units 21 for stacking the banknotes, a bundling unit 22 for bundling 100 banknotes stacked in the bundling stacking units to prepare a banknote bundle, and a bundle dispensing unit 23 for dispensing the bundle to the outside of the apparatus, and a transport control unit 172 for recognizing fit and unfit notes of specific denominations via the recognition unit, and controlling the banknote transport unit 13 to stack fit banknotes of the specific denominations to corresponding bundling stacking units 21 and stack unfit banknotes of the specific denominations to corresponding bundling stacking units 21.
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