Ozzy on the money in artist's bank notes tribute

One note features the kind of factories that were around Aston as Ozzy was growing up

A set of Ozzy Osbourne-themed bank notes has been created as a tribute to the heavy metal legend.

Artist Dion Kitson has designed and hand cut 1,000 of the notes in memory of Ozzy, who died aged 76 on 22 July.

The Prince Of Darkness "replaces" the King on the £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes, which are available for sale with 30% of proceeds going to the Parkinson's UK charity.

Mr Kitson, from Dudley, says: "It was quite emotional, just after his passing, having to select all these images, and go through all these details of his life."

All the notes have different images of Ozzy, and also feature other moments from his life including band mates, bats, and the Aston factories he grew up around.

"My favourite little bit, is there is an angel on the 20, which is giving Tony Iommi a guitar, just some really tiny details," continued Mr Kitson.

"Heavy metal, the industry, the Black Country and Birmingham, it created its own genre, I think it needs to be spoken about more."

A series of landmarks around Birmingham also feature on the notes, including Selfridges at the Bullring

The artist used computer software to help make the notes, making sure the details were accurate.

"I'm an artist, that uses all sorts of mediums. It wasn't easy by any means using Photoshop, I didn't sleep for three days making these."