And I don’t mean the iconic “Price is Right” font. I mean the way the latest game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has a rather interesting employment of antique US currency.
As spotted by a Reddit user, the “FIVE” at the end of the game’s logo is lifted almost directly from an old Silver Certificate, a type of paper currency used in the US between 1878 and 1964 (and which, if you can still find a note, technically remains legal tender).
https://lastchance.cc/grand-theft-auto-v-to-be-revealed-next-week-5853039%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
What does this mean? Nothing! Everything! The particularly mad among you will take either the Indian or 1899 angle and run with it, but I think it’s just a neat way of tying US currency (always at the heart of a GTA game) to the franchise’s use of Roman numerals in its logos: by the early 20th century, US paper currency would be using “5” instead of “V”, and “5” just wouldn’t cut it on a Grand Theft Auto box!
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