In the Land of Lincoln, Is Money Property?

Im doing extensive research on this issue right now. See the legal tender acts cases and the gold clause cases for the details. But the gist is that money is that which congress declares "lawful money" and as such the fifth amendment fails to protect it. This is what allowed for the gold ban and the legal tender act. Also, the case name is norman v. bank of osborne that lays out the exact legal issue spoken of here and the court okayed it. Further, a Court of Appeals decision considering the same issue, whether company a can be taxed to provide to company b directly, reached the same decision illinois supreme court reached here. The company in that case petitioned supreme court and supreme court denied cert. So, that is the...