one surface of the currency rods 20 in the transition areas are placed so as to be co linear with the grooves 16 c of the belts 16 a 16 b in an alternative embodiment as shown in fig7 11 and 12 a 12 b a sanitizing portion 28 is added downstream of the washing portion 12 and the drying portion 14 the sanitizing portion 28 can be configured to have the meshed belt conveyance portion 24 continue from the drying portion 14 or it can be configured to have another transition area where the mesh belt conveyance portion 24 transitions into another meshed belt portion not shown in fig1 and 7 it is understood that mesh belt 24 may also be representative of adjoining sections of mesh belts the sanitizing portion 28 includes means for misting a sanitizing solution on both sides of the paper currency as the paper currency travels on the meshed belt conveyance portion 24 an array of spaced apart spray nozzles 28 c are located so as to pump and spray a fine mist of a sanitizing solution on the cleaned currency the mist is so fine that little or no residual mist needs to be collected however if residual condensate of the misted spray solution is collected it can be drained to the sanitizing tank for recycled use through a filtering medium 28 d although the final process is contemplated to be the sanitizing process if this process is added to the system 10 the sanitizing process may also include means for drying and for reconditioning the.