The very first time I ever saw an aureus up close irl it was kind of hard to believe it was real. The fine detail on the inscription, the portrait… looked like it came straight out of a laser engraver to my then-uneducated mind. Still baffling what they managed to pull off on such a scale.

Gold often comes out of the ground looking brand new, silver less so, and bronze usually not depending on the climate.

But I agree, would look cool.