What is this "as money" distinction you just introduced? Maybe you need to re-read your original statement: "Not only could it, it has and still is being used as currency every day in every country in the world. In fact every central bank holds most of it as ........money!" In reference to gold. Did not mean to say that most gold is held by central banks as money? Because that's what you said. In reality, central banks hold a fraction of the world's gold. Most of it is jewelery. That's what gold is actually used for, not as money--as a decoration, an extravagance, a needless luxury.
You want to say "as money" to deny the reality of how gold is used? That's senseless. Sorry, but most of it isn't used as money. The vast majority of gold isn't used as money. Fact. Absolutely undeniable reality.