I don’t know about your state of birth, but I was born in California, and I have a copy that is black where it should be white and vice versa from 1955, a photocopy negative. My daughter was born here in Florida in 1986 and all we got was a copy, not the original, which went to the county registrar.
Were you born at home? My wife was delivered by a mid-wife. Her BC is dated several days after her actual birth, but she was born on Christmas eve, so I can imagine that all the county offices were closed for a week..................
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.