[Cyropaedia]

Yes, but your CoLB and the "DeCosta" CoLB have actual certificate numbers from Registrar's Office to show that they were actually accepted.

Obama's CoLB just has a black strip where that all important number should be. So it' still anyone's guess whether his CoLB is was ultimately accepted. Maybe it wasn't.

[KJC1]

And you accept some random person’s “number” as if you have checked it out yourself. How is that better than no number?