>>6812394Even if you limit it to modern-day Lego currencies, this contemporary "5 something" piece is worth five times as much as the "100 something" bill.
Lego City needs all those police and firefighters to quash the food shortage riots. The citizens can only go so long on the scanty government-issued pizza, hotdog, and comically oversized turkey leg rations before they snap. There's a reason that the 'criminal' population of Lego City numbers almost as many as the regular townsfolk.