A new column, by professional numismatist Vicken Yegparian, debuted in the January 2022 issue and will also appear weekly in Coin World.

Currently vice president of numismatics at Stack's Bowers Galleries in New York City, Yegparian is a numismatist specializing in United States, ancient and world coins, in addition to U.S. medals. He is very much involved with the day-to-day operations running the auction business as an auction consignment director.

His column takes the place of the long-running column by Q. David Bowers, the last of which appeared in the final weekly issue of 2021. Bowers, 83, has retired his column after writing for Coin World for more than 60 years.

According to his online biography, Yegparian, a graduate of Columbia University, was the first recipient of the Georgia Stamm Chamberlain Memorial Award of the Medal Collectors of America for his presentation on Colonial era medals of his alma mater. The presentation, was delivered at the 2004 Coinage of the Americas Conference held by the American Numismatic Society.

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New columnist debuts 'The Auctioneer's Dispatch'(https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/new-columnist-debuts-the-auctioneer-s-dispatch)