Nope. Go here and look at the pictures. I’ve not seen anything this obviously true in a birther claim. The seal on Obama’s short-form COLB is debossed. Every other seal we’ve seen is embossed.
http://obamasgarden.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/the_audacity_of_seal/
OK I see it now, but only because of the Blue text demonstrating what the seal text actually is - I had real difficulty reading it before.
Is there a legal definition of “embossed” for Hawaii vital records?