21. A method comprising: (a) receiving a stack of documents comprising a plurality of checks into an interior area of a housing through an opening in the housing while in stack form, wherein the housing is a housing of an automated banking machine including a currency dispenser device and operative to cause at least one document to be dispensed from the housing through the opening, wherein the opening is in communication with the interior area; (b) subsequent to step (a), operating the machine to move the stack received in step (a) in the housing in a direction away from the opening while remaining in stack form; (c) subsequent to step (b), separating each check individually from the stack through operation of an unstack device in the housing; (d) generating an electronic image of at least a portion of each check through operation of an imaging device in the housing.
31. The method according to claim 21 wherein the stack includes at least one currency sheet, and further comprising: (e) separating the at least one currency sheet individually from the stack through operation of the unstack device; (f) storing the at least one currency sheet separated in step (e) in at least one sheet delivering and receiving device in the housing; (g) subsequent to (f), dispensing the at least one currency sheet stored in step (f) from the machine through operation of the at least one sheet delivering and receiving device.