the application relates to money item dispensing apparatus having a money item acceptor and a hopper arrangement . the application further relates to money item dispensing apparatus having sorting means operable to selectively direct a money item to one of a first money item store and a second money item store , to money item dispensing apparatus having two hopper arrangements , to a money item acceptor having a self - clearing mechanism , to a money item conveyor , to a method of purging the money items in a money item dispensing apparatus , to money item dispensing apparatus having means for ejecting a money item from a receptacle through an outlet via a first path to a return tray and via a second path into a cashbox , to a method of filling a money item dispensing apparatus and filling apparatus for filling a money item dispensing apparatus .