Help is this a Var 4 1965 cent

[henrysmedford]

Is this a 1965 Var. 4 (Large Beads, Pointed 5) the 5 is on a slant hard to tell by the scan.




What it should look like.

[mtalbot_ca]

Hi there,

From the picture, I do not think it is a large beads. The A is not enough to the right. Try to get another small beads beside it to compare.

Cheers,

[Bluegill]

You have a large bead blunt 5. Every specimen I've ever seen never truly points directly at the bead. It points just off to the right, basically at the right edge of the bead. The bead count is the same, they are just smaller. So the spacing between the beads will be larger. With practice one can tell the two apart just by looking at them side by side.



Rotating your pic around allows one to better see that your does indeed point to the right side of the bead.

[Engineer]

I just got in my 2012 Charlton catalog today, and it agrees with Bluegill. Your cent appears to be a large bead blunt 5.