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 18 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only TWO receiving a higher grade than the VG-EX 4 offered here of Boston catcher Jiggs Donahue.

Centering is just a hair east on the canvas, with some minor diamond cutting which leaves the top left corner just a hair higher than the right. While some edge wear and chipping is common with the set's gold borders, this example doesn't exhibit much of that. If anywhere, you can see it creeping out in the corners. There is some soiling along the left edge and right middle, but, save for one fisheye in Donahue's hair, the portrait is bright and clean. The reverse is also mostly clean, especially in comparison to other Ramlys we have seen. However, it does show some soiling at the bottom right and left middle. Soiling is 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. This is an extraordinary example seldom seen with this sort of visual appeal.