T204 Ramly Cigarettes cards of 1909 feature a beautiful black-and-white portrait of each player encircled in an ornate border with the player's name, position, and team affiliation printed at the bottom. The cards, which are embossed and highlighted with gold ink, are extremely condition-sensitive because they are printed on flimsy paper. The gold borders are also very susceptible to chipping, as is the case with most gold-bordered cards. Between the outstanding player selection and the overall beauty of the issue, higher-grade examples from the set are extremely pricey, making affordable specimens tough to find.

SGC has only ever graded 16 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only ONE receiving a higher grade than the EX 5 offered here of Boston catcher George Frederick "Peaches" Graham.

Centering is extremely nice on this one. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly in the corners. The vast majority of the gold has remained dark, bold, and full. There are a couple lines streaking across the portrait area at Graham's chin level, but the rest of the image is bright and clean. The reverse is remarkably clean, showing only faint soiling near the right center and top left. Soiling is not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet. Despite the soiling issues, the text is wonderfully dark and bold.

Attractive Ramlys are among the most beautiful cards in the hobby, but the eye appeal of the issue can sometimes suffer in the lower grades. This is an extraordinary example seldom seen with this sort of visual appeal.