How old is my iBook?

Just out of curiosity I was wondering is there a way to find out how old my blue clamshell iBook is?
I got it off ebay for about £200 4-5 years ago, it was second hand, but I have never had any problems with it so after going through 6 windows PC's as my main desktop i finally switched to an iMac this year, which has all the new programs on and photo editing suites and everything.
However i cant bring myself to part with my little blue iBook which I have kind of got attached to! I keep it to use just for surfing and chatting in bed on cold winter evenings. I was wondering how I could find out how old it was as I'm amazed I never had any major issues, never downloaded a virus and its got no anti virus program on it!
Even when I didnt use it for good few months cos i couldnt work out how to add it to my new network, the battery still works and holds its charge. The only thing I added to it is an airport card to go wireless.
Does anyone know when they were first manufactured?
It was a fantastic buy and well worth the money for the time its lasted, I'm just hoping my shiny new iMac can live up to the same expectations now!

There were four editions of the iBook G3 clamshell.
iBook G3/300 M7707LL/A
iBook G3/366 SE M7716LL/A
iBook G3/366 Firewire M7721LL/A
iBook G3/466 Firewire M7720LL/A
Images obtained from http://www.everymac.com/ and http://www.apple-history.com/
You can usually get a the model number either underneath, or inside the battery bay.

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