Gold is money.
Exactly!
No it's not. It's a commodity.
Gold is typically bought with currency and sold for currency.
Currency isn't even money - it's a 2nd deed on "money" (which is a claim on the future labor of others - a bond - in our debt-based monetary system).
Expect gold and silver to go down (after the emotional commodity roller coaster is over). We are in a deep deflationary environment, not inflationary.
As has been wampum, beaver pelts, scalps, ears, cigarette lighters, tobacco and rum among many,many others.