This study was conducted to explore whether perception of money by preschool age children is influenced by their family wealth. this was investigated by testing how the children would recall the size of a coin, with the assumption that the size recalled related to the value placed on the coin. to conduct the study, children were randomly selected, equally from three local day-care facilities specializing in preschool age. consent forms were sent home to the parents of the kids, which also asked parents for their average yearly household income. since children were equally selected from the three facilities, this is sampling. the income data collected was data at the level of measurement from the parents who consented, the children were divided into two groups: those whose family income was greater than $40,000, and those whose family income was less than $40,000. each child was asked to draw a nickel. the resulting circle? s diameter was then measured. when the shape drawn was not a perfect circle, the largest and smallest diameters were averaged. the coin diameter data was data at the level of measurement. the gender of each child was also collected. this data was data at the level of measurement. it is hypothesized that children from lower income families would draw larger coins than children from higher income families.