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Newspaper cutting describing the confusion experienced by a member of the public when he found a brass replica of a George III coin dated 1798 bearing the name J. Sainsbury.

Extract: "John [Clancy], of Woolstencroft Avenue, North Lynn, thought it odd that the date should be 1798 when the nationwide supermarket chain is currently celebrating its 125th birthday. But confusion was soon cleared up by Sainsbury's archivist Karen Fielder..."