DI-FACED TENNERS, 2004
Di-Faced Tenners are counterfeit £10 notes, printed on both sides, in which the head of Queen Elizabeth II has been replaced by that of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Bank of England becomes the “Banksy of England”, and the promise printed on every British banknote is rewritten.
I promise to pay the bearer on demand the ultimate price
The reverse carries a second line, equally mordant:
It's going to take one very special lady, or a whole load of average ones, to get over you
From Counterfeit to Museum Piece
In February 2019, the British Museum announced that it had added its first piece by Banksy to its collection — and the piece is a counterfeit. A counterfeit currency, that is: the Di-Faced Tenner joined the British Museum's department of coins, medals and other currency, rather than prints and drawings.
Pictures on Walls, Banksy's print publisher, then released an actual print in 2004: a sheet of five uncut Di-Faced Tenners in two columns, as an edition of 50 prints, all signed by the artist.
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