I was born in a small hospital in rural Upstate NY. And what I’ve got is not a copy, as in a facsimile. At least it doesn’t look like it. The handwriting is all done in pen. I’m wondering if more than one BC was made, one for the parents, and one for the state. FWIW, my hubby’s BC, he’s a little older and born in a rural Upstate hospital, is done like mine, complete with original handwriting in pen. Neither of our BCs look like what Barry has produced. And ours look like something you’d frame.
Some hospitals give a ‘suitable-for-framing’ diploma type birth certificate to the proud parents, and an ‘official’ birth certificate form for the state records.