Thanks, Jimmyiorn. It has defiantly been used for tool making. Other than the character marks, the anvil is in great shape. It has super rebound, nearly 100%. I had to give up a couple nice anvils for it but I had three of similar weight.
I just traded two of my 150lbs range anvils for this over 200 lbs beauty. I can only make out a few numbers and a Z on the foot. Here are a couple images. Any ideas? Hay Budden is my guess.