Brackey's "How to make a Video Game - Godot Beginner Tutorial" Question?

Yes, you have to check if the body is the player character somehow. On way to do it is to add a player character to a group called “player” or “hero” as you called it, doesn’t matter. Then check if the body is in sad group:

if body.is_in_group("player"):
#pick up coin
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