Just scored my first anvil ever. Peter Wright 1-2-8. Scales out to 173.4 on my bathroom scale. One side is pretty worn. The other side is in real good shape. For a beginning blacksmith I think this will be great. It has a good ring and real good rebound. I havent found the date code. Ive looked a bit but havent came across anything. Actually on the side of the bottom there is a BIG "H". Not sure if that means anything, but ther is no numerical code that ive found.