The invention relates to a banknote counter sterilizer and a sterilization method thereof. By means of the sterilizer, the banknotes go through a linear sterilization bin in a shape of U thwarted rightward with two-sided
ultraviolet irradiation and are efficiently sterilized in both sides when counted at high speed. The sterilizer has no harm to the banknotes and is safe and convenient in use. Moreover, the sterilizer is equipped with an air wet sterilization purifier, which can efficiently purify the interior of the sterilizer and the
indoor air and can be applied to ordinary banknote counter, thus upgrading the technology thereof. The sterilizer solves the difficulty of the synchronization of banknote counter speed and banknote sterilization, filling the blank at both home and abroad, and can effectively kill various pathogenic microorganisms tainted on the banknotes such as
SARS virus, flu
virus and
tubercle bacillus, with high sterilizing rate reaching the national and international disinfection and sterilization standards; the sterilizer of the invention can be widely applied to the disinfection of banknotes received by banks, post and
telecommunications, railway stations, subway stations,
bus stations, airports, stores, hotels and restaurants as well as to the banknote treatment of customs, hospitals, areas of infectious diseases and epidemic victims, thereby being beneficial to the prevention of pestilence and to the health of people.