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 seven receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Hall of Famer Clark Griffith.

Centering is just ever so slightly east and north on the canvas, but very nice overall. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly in the corners. There is a crease a little more than halfway up the right side which extends diagonally toward the top center of the card but does not affect the portrait. Some soiling does occur within the portrait area, most predominantly affecting Griffith's right cheek, but the printing of the image is bold enough that you aren't too distracted by it. The reverse is generally clean, with some light soiling toward the center and around the edges. 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. The scarcity of this issue far outweighs any perceived cosmetic flaws on this example of the Hall of Famer.