you are right, this does not work because of the tail looks obscured:

But dammit if you did not make it work in reverse!

the shape nad lines of the old 55 is so imprinted in our minds that it does not matter if the holes are where the metal should be !

it is like those illusions where if you keep the first and last letters the same but jumble the middle letters, you still get the drift.

Great job, and best of all, it is now more versatile allowing us to color in the big open circle

Congrratulations, this is now in first place, don't change a thing!