She nods. "I'd likely not be surprised, I just want to be certain that what I give can be used. I would hate to pay in something, only to find that it's utterly useless to them." Gold clearly held value here, and she didn't want to give someone a protected coin when it was the gold they wanted from it.

"Oh... Hmmm..." The money is interesting, but she thinks highly impractical for use in her world. "But they can still be burnt, cut and water damaged?" It was an interesting idea, but all those components made enchanting it all but impossible... and possibly easy to copy with magic? It was maybe something she'd have to look into to keep from accidentally taking counterfeits.