Looks like an ingut but

[JoeDiggy]

This is an odd piece. I think it's lead. Haven't tried to shine it up. Would silver be this dark? The only markings are a straight line cut out across one side and a small circle cut out in the top right corner of the other side. Any info is greatly appreciated.

 

[50bmg]

type set i think
antimony not lead

 

[littleneckhalfshell]

Type metal is an alloy of Lead (major component) with Antimony and Tin to harden the lead so it can take the repeated pounding of being used on a letter press. I do believe it could be a piece of Type, as I have seen many examples with the groove on one side. Another way of telling is that Type has a standard height, if the type sample was found in America, it would be 0.918" high or 23.32mm European Printing Type tends to be a little higher[FONT=arial, sans-serif] [/FONT]