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.

PSA has only ever graded 26 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204 of Detroit left fielder Matty McIntyre.

The centering is really nice overall on this one, which has helped the grade tremendously. There is a lot of edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders. Rounded corners, loss of color with the gold turning more green, and surface abrasions within the portrait area, partially obscuring McIntyre's face. The reverse is beautiful, especially in comparison with the front, with only a couple spots of noteworthy soiling. 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. Nevertheless, the scarcity of this issue far outweighs any cosmetic flaws on this example.