The invention relates to a method for determining the stock of notes of value of a drum storage (22). For at least a part of the notes of value, the current motor position is determined after winding up the note of value and stored such that it is unambiguously assigned to the respective note of value. For determining the stock of the drum storage (22), the current motor position is determined and compared with the stored motor positions. Dependent on the result of this comparison, the stock is determined. Further, the invention relates to a device (10, 22, 30) for receiving notes of value, which comprises a drum storage (22), a memory element and a control unit (26), the control unit (26) implementing the above-described method steps.