Energy can not be created or destroyed but can change from one form to another.
example: as a roller coaster cart loses height the more speed it gains, the potential energy is transferred into kenetic energy
If you are pushing the coin across the table at a constant rate, the friction of the table and the horizontal force of your hand pushing are equal, and the coin itself moves at a constant rate. If you push a coin and let it go, there is no horizontal force keeping the coin going. Friction slows the coin to a stop. In both cases, the gravitational downward pull of Earth is equally but oppositely resisted by the upward push of table on the coin.
