I just received a book by the same title from the ANA clearance sale. The subject really fascinated me. Goethe was quite an avid collector of coins and medals. This instilled in me a further regard for provenence and also a desire to see this collection. According to the book it is still on display in Weimar though that was written 37 years ago. Does anyone know if this collection is still kept or openly displayed?

Guess it is still there, but I have not seen it yet. Here is another book focusing on Goethe's collection of medals - no idea how expensive that is though:
http://www.medaillenkunst.de/publikationen/0000000312.htm

The museums from/about the "classical" period in Weimar are part of the "Klassik Stiftung Weimar". I briefly browsed their web site and came across these pages:
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/einrichtung...nzsammlung.html
(The grand-ducal coin collection, Residenzschloss, Burgplatz)
http://www.klassik-stiftung.de/einrichtung...sammlungen.html
(Goethe's Collections - probably in the Goethehaus, Frauenplan)

In any case, the Klassik Stiftung should know.

Christian

Thanks, it looks like that book runs around $120 right now, a little pricey. I also sent the Stiftung an email to see if and where the collection is kept. It would be cool to see his collection.