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.

This is the only example SGC has ever graded of this 1909 Ramly T204 of Hall of Fame Chicago pitcher Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown with the Toy Town stamp on the back.

Centering is very nice, maybe a hair west on the canvas. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly in the corners. What gives this card its technical grade is also what makes it so rare: the Toy Town stamp in purple ink on the back, which bleeds through to the front and appears in Brown's portrait. Other than that bleed through, the front is beautifully clean and bright. The back has the aforementioned stamp, as well as some black ink in the top right and bottom left corners. Other than that, the reverse is mostly clean, with some soiling apparent near the top middle and bottom right corner, not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet.

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. The scarcity of this issue far outweighs any perceived cosmetic flaws on this example of the Hall of Famer.