Guatemala's switch to stainless steel for this denomination replaced a brass-plated steel composition that had been in circulation since the mid-1990s. The magnetic variant designation matters for vending and sorting machines, which the Banco de Guatemala had to recertify following the composition change — a bureaucratic and logistical process that delayed wider circulation introduction by several months.
Guatemala's switch to stainless steel for this denomination replaced a brass-plated steel composition that had been in circulation since the mid-1990s. The magnetic variant designation matters for vending and sorting machines, which the Banco de Guatemala had to recertify following the composition change — a bureaucratic and logistical process that delayed wider circulation introduction by several months.