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 14 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only nine receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of St. Louis first baseman Tom Jones.

Centering is very nice on this one. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders. You might even say that it's not unusual. This example shows it most noticeably in the top right corner. Despite some light snow, the portrait is mostly bright and clean. The reverse is fairly clean, with some light soiling appearing especially near the top right corner and along the bottom edge. Soiling is also not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet. Some of the text has lightened, as well, due to a minor surface abrasion which does not affect the front.

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.