Provided is a money processing device that can shorten the time required for money identification processing and reliably execute money identification processing. The device comprises sensor units (62, 63, 64) that read money information, a first core (651) that identifies one piece of money (S1) on the basis of information from the piece of money (S1) read by the sensor units (62, 63, 64), and a second core (652) that identifies a different piece of money (S2) on the basis of information from the different piece of money (S2) read by the sensor units (62, 63, 64).