How to get actual price and special price of a product in Magento?

It is very simple.

// without currency
$actualPrice = $product->getPrice();

// with currency
$actualPrice = Mage::helper(‘core’)->currency($product->getPrice(),true,false);

Get Special Price
// without currency
$specialPrice = $product->getFinalPrice();

// with currency
$specialPrice = Mage::helper(‘core’)->currency($product->getFinalPrice(),true,false);