Elvis Presley Gold "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin

Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.  He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever!  This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies. 

Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar.  The coin features an original photo...  more

Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.  He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever!  This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies. 

Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar.  The coin features an original photograph of Presley from his estate’s official archives and is officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear

The team of Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe wrote “Teddy Bear” for Presley’s second film, Loving You.  Kal Mann broke into the entertainment business in the 1940s and ‘50s as a comedy writer for Danny Thomas, the star of the hit television show “Make Room For Daddy.”

Elvis recorded the song on January 24, 1957.  “Teddy Bear” sold one million copies in the first week and hit #1 on Billboard’s Pop, Country, and Rhythm and Blues charts.  The song was one of four number-one hits Elvis had that year.  Teenage fans across the globe sent teddy bears to Elvis, which he donated to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, an organization dedicated to wiping out polio.