[ReignOfError]

>>>Fact: a JPG image of an official document is not an official document.
By golly you're right, except when it has been altered.

Um, no, not then, either.

Why would it be altered?

Because someone, at some point, thought it was a good idea to obscure info before posting it on the Web. Whether obscuring the certificate number was necessary or not, someone thought it was a good idea.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Because someone, at some point, thought it was a good idea to obscure info before posting it on the Web

First of all, redacting a document is altering it, therefore it becomes invalid. Second, the cert number is a means to validate the said document, that number leads to no more information then is contained on the document that is submitted as proof.

"Someone" obscured the number for a reason alright, the reason being it is a fraud, there is no other reason.

Even if it is real, what possible information is on a BC that is private or at least that the public doesn't have a right to know?