Object: Some ordinary coins and some collector’s coins.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know what the word "special" means? [Let them answer.] That is very good. Very few things are special, and when we have something that is special it means a lot to us. The funny part of this is that we do not always know or understand the special things. For instance I have with me some coins. You all like money, don’t you? I want to show you some money and tell you a little bit about it. Here is a penny. It is worth one cent. That’s all that you can buy with this penny. Here is another coin that is also a penny but it is worth $_____ [use the value associated with the rare coin], it looks like a penny, and if you went do…