You are correct - that is small date. I don't know what you mean by "curves out", but what I use is to see how close the "2" gets to the rim. You'll notice that your '2' is not close to the rim. The Large date '2' will be much closer to the rim.
When you find a Large Date one, you'll also notice that the numbers are much "fatter" on the Large date.
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