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On 7/19/2021 at 4:40 PM, Yanni Rockitz said:

It's actually not hollowed out on the bottom at all, with the exception of a square hardie-type lifting point(?) hole. Appears pretty much flat and rough. I also took pics of the two 'ends' of the feet where that Peter Wright-style 'step' is forged onto the feet where the weight and serial numbers are usually found on American-made Trentons. 

I was just coming here to ask about mine, I had similar issues trying to figure out what it's deal was.

Mine is a 120, marked the same

TRENTON
PATENT
SOLID WROUGHT
120
as pictured below

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Curiously though, mind has an extra couple stamps on the "toes" of the feet, on the reverse, there are two 7s stamped at that location, pictured below

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I felt pretty discouraged when I couldn't find the serial number, I was beginning to think it was counterfeit.

Just like yours, mine had a flat base, but handling holes on both front and rear, as well as underneath

Does anyone happen to know what these stamps mean? could it be a date code like 07/07? going by the dates stated earlier, it shouldnt be 1877, and I would find it hard to believe it's a serial number, being that it's limited to 2 digits

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Based on what I was told, a solid base and no serial number means it's one of the early Trentons made in England, back around the turn of the 19th/20th century. Trenton apparently had them made under contract by English manufacturers for a time, back then. The American-made Trentons got serial numbers and all have a cavity in the base. No idea what the "7" on each foot's back toe means. You need someone with a copy of Anvils In America to chime in... (Cool anvil!) I'm guessing those are not original, but might have been added by a previous owner. Maybe it was station #7 is a large shop... You should call it "Lucky Sevens"   ;-)

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thanks for the reply, I like the name.

Prompted from your england idea, I went and did some research and the popular consensus that I've stumbled across was it was probably made by one of the wright brothers (not the flying ones) and I would have to agree based off of their stamping scheme and the circular "SOLID WROUGHT" stamp, it seems to be the same on both. I know my picture doesnt have the best definition or lighting and the marking is very faint

The peter wright marking scheme i mentioned earlier, very similar aside from the use of hundredweight, even the size is similar

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