You might enjoy reading this.
It is all over the lot making good points and bad. Certainly it would not convince those who do not have a supersitious love of Gold that the Gold standard should be attempted YET AGAIN. I have a beautiful chunk on my finger worth about $800 but wouldn't want to use it as money.
But by all means buy gold as much as you please, like any other commodity there are reasons to buy it if you like it.
But gold will never again be a monetary instrument.