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Message:: [QUOTE="biggiej, post: 740232, member: 19474"]when i was 8 or 9 years old, my older brother was big into coin collecting and I found his coins interesting. I was intrigued with his steel pennies from the war years. Not knowing anything about coins I went to the county fair and there were some coin dealers set up in one of the halls.   I went to this one table and saw a guy was selling a 1954 steel penny that was perfectly shiny, not like the dull ones my brother had. I took the whole $5.00 that I had to spend that day at the fair and bought the penny for my brother. I was so proud of my purchase when I got home to give it to my brother. You can imagine my dismay when he told me it was plated and there was no such thing as a 1954 steel, and that I had been ripped off.    My cousin and I went back the next day and asked for my money back and was told there was no returns. So we went and made signs about this guy being a phony and a rip off and proceeded to picket his booth. We were run off several times by fair authorities, but we kept sneaking back. People felt sorry for 2 little kids getting ripped off and were not buying from this gentleman. Finally he gave in and gave my $5.00 back and gave us each a dollar if we promised to go away and not come back!!!!!!:hail::hail:[/QUOTE]