The zlotnik is a pre-metric Ukrainian unit of weight borrowed from the Polish złotnik and ultimately the Arabic mithqal, revived here as a denomination name rather than a functioning monetary unit. Ukraine's National Bank has used it for a series of small brass naturalist issues pitched at the collector market rather than circulation — none were ever intended to pass through hands as currency.
The pied avocet breeds in limited numbers along Ukraine's Black Sea coastal wetlands, particularly around the Sivash lagoon system.
The zlotnik is a pre-metric Ukrainian unit of weight borrowed from the Polish złotnik and ultimately the Arabic mithqal, revived here as a denomination name rather than a functioning monetary unit. Ukraine's National Bank has used it for a series of small brass naturalist issues pitched at the collector market rather than circulation — none were ever intended to pass through hands as currency.
The pied avocet breeds in limited numbers along Ukraine's Black Sea coastal wetlands, particularly around the Sivash lagoon system.