Elvis Presley "Playing for Keeps" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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CNS2078 - Elvis Presley "Playing for Keeps" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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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.
Playing for Keeps
What a year 1956 was for Elvis! In March he signed a contract with Colonel Parker, a move that would turn out to be monumental. The following month he began a 13-year acting career in Hollywood. After doing a screen test for Hal B. Wallis, Elvis signed a 7-year contract with Paramount Studios.
It was while he was in Hollywood shooting his first film Love Me Tender, that Elvis recorded “Playing for Keeps” at Radio Recorders Studio. It was released in 1957, with “Too Much” on the other side. Advance orders had reached almost 500,000 before the January 4 released date. The song rocketed to the Billboard Hot 100 list, where it spent nine weeks and sold a million copies. By the end of the year, Billboard announced that Elvis had the most songs in the Top 100 since the list began.
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.
Playing for Keeps
What a year 1956 was for Elvis! In March he signed a contract with Colonel Parker, a move that would turn out to be monumental. The following month he began a 13-year acting career in Hollywood. After doing a screen test for Hal B. Wallis, Elvis signed a 7-year contract with Paramount Studios.
It was while he was in Hollywood shooting his first film Love Me Tender, that Elvis recorded “Playing for Keeps” at Radio Recorders Studio. It was released in 1957, with “Too Much” on the other side. Advance orders had reached almost 500,000 before the January 4 released date. The song rocketed to the Billboard Hot 100 list, where it spent nine weeks and sold a million copies. By the end of the year, Billboard announced that Elvis had the most songs in the Top 100 since the list began.