The present invention is a system and method to equip the ATM (Automated Teller Machine) with the special hardware to detect the each currency note to determine whether that note is a legal tender or not. The counterfeited currency hardware will work with computer executable instructions to detect counterfeited notes while feeding and dispensing in to and from the ATM machine respectively. The aim of the invention is to negligate the chance of counterfeited currency being fed and dispense from the ATM.