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In the latter years of manufacturing the American wrought iron anvil makers used cast bases rather than forging them out. Sometimes lettering or numbers just jump out at you.

Older Fishers had a handling hole under the horn and heel also, while Vulcan's didn't, and newer Fishers (after the late 1800s) usually had the mold pattern date under the heel.

I mentioned that I was looking for an anvil to the guys on the listserve, and this showed up in my mailbox.

Val (the welding Guru) had one for a little over 2$ a pound that sounded like it was in pretty good shape.

This is their stone weight system to where the first number represents multiples of 112 (1/20th a long ton), second represents multiples of 28 and third is remaining pounds.

Thus this would be 160 pounds (112 plus 28 times two plus 20). - If it is the London pattern (what you would typically consider an anvil to look like) and there is no seam between the body and top plate, it may be Swedish one-piece cast steel.

The square handling holes in an old anvil are called mouseholes.