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Abstract

A currency changer device is adapted to be used with a point of sale terminal and includes a housing, a coin accepting tray carried by the housing for accepting a plurality of coins in bulk, and a bill accepter carried by the housing for accepting and sorting a plurality of bills in bulk. The currency changer device may also include a respective plurality of first and second currency changer device hardware components. The plurality of second currency changer device hardware components are identical to the respective plurality of first currency changer device hardware components. Both the first and second plurality of currency changer device hardware components include a first and a second coin sorter each in communication with the coin accepting tray, a first and a second plurality of respective coin bins in communication with the respective first and second coin sorters, and a first and a second plurality of bill cassettes in communication with the bill accepter. The currency changer device may also include a coin dispenser and a bill dispenser. The currency changer device is adapted to accept a plurality of unsorted coins in bulk and a plurality of unsorted bills in bulk for a cash transaction, and to dispense change in a cash transaction responsive to commands received from the at least one point of sale terminal.

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