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 24 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only eight receiving a higher grade than the VG-EX 4 offered here of Boston third baseman Harry Lord.

Centering is nice, save for some minor diamond cutting which leaves the top left corner just a hair higher than the right. There is some minor edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly noticeable in the corners. Some snow affects the portrait area, most notably above Lord's left ear, but his image is still strong and stoic. The reverse is beautifully clean with only a few spots of soiling, along the right side, and in the left corners. 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.