This Apollo 1 commemorative coin is one of thirteen Apollo program commemorative coins displayed in a leather album. The Peoples National Bank of New Jersey commissioned The Franklin Mint to create seventy-five sets in total, and each of the Apollo program astronauts received one. The coins commemorate the Apollo 1 through 12 missions. Apollo 1, also known as AS-201, was a February 1966 unmanned, suborbital launch vehicle development test. Apollo 11 in July 1969 was the first manned lunar landing, while Apollo 12 in November 1969 was the second. There were five more Apollo missions (Apollo 13 through 17), four of which successfully landed men on the moon.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.