Imagine, you are walking through a field in England. You aren't particularly looking for anything, just taking a stroll, when you see a coin. You know how the saying goes - see a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck! When you pick the coin up though, you know it is something a bit more special - you've seen them in the local museum. This is a Roman coin and it was just lying around in a field. Amazing!
Imagine, you are a young soldier, sitting in the trenches of France. You're cold, wet and frightened. You hardly sleep, and you've watched so many of your friends die. Sometimes you wonder what you are fighting for, but then you look at the picture of your sweetheart in your wallet. She gives you a reason to keep fighting, so that you can go home and marry. You have just finished making her a gift, a love token. It isn't much, just an old penny you carved, but when she sees it, you hope she will think of you.