These are several things that create value for the money: - Durability It should be made with materials that could sustain themselves for a long period of time. - Identifiability Money should be easily recognized by the people who use it - Portable Money should be in a size and shape that are easy to be carried around by people. - Usefulness Money should have trading powers that people could use to obtain another goods or services.
There are 3 clauses in Article 6. The most famous one or the second is known as the "supremacy clause" and basically sets the Constitution as something neither the states nor the federal government can void under any circumstances.