Malta, ‘Sherry Girl Tokens’, Flagship Music Hall (3), obv. FLAGSHIP / MUSIC HALL / FLORIANA, rev. PROPRIETORS - DALLI & BUTTIGIEG around a Royal Navy White Ensign, aluminium, 22mm, Lyall 1030); obv. incuse FS, rev. incuse number (92), aluminium, 16mm (Lyall 1031); uniface, incuse FS, aluminium, 18mm (Lyall 1032); Klondyke Music Hall, uniface, D.A. WOOD * FLORIANA * MALTA around KLONDYKE, aluminium, 24mm (Lyall 1042); Victoria Music Hall, obv. HALL under a musical score, rev. 138 STRADA STRETTA VALLETTA around an old head bust of Queen Victorai, aluminium, 24mm (Lyall 1070) [5]. Fine or better, the first rare £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: First ex R. J. ford, 1990, others from various sources in Malta

The Flagship Music Hall was on the Mall in Floriana and opened in about 1916. There was no charge for admission, but during World War II beer sold for 4 pence instead of the normal price in Malta of 3 pence; this was to pay for the cabaret entertainment. The Klondyke was a music hall at 13, The Mall, Floriana and managed by Augustus Wood and his wife from before the First World War. The business closed in 1958. The Victoria Music Hall was advertised in 1920 as being the oldest established and most up-to-date music hall in Malta; established in 1881. The establishment was known as the Four Aces in the latter half of the 1950’s before being re-named the Old Vic in about 1960