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 four receiving a higher grade than the VG-EX 4 offered here of New York pitcher Rube Manning.

Centering is south and east on the canvas. There is some minor edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly noticeable in the corners. Some surface abrasions and ink splotches exist within the portrait area, but Manning's thousand yard stare does everything it can to look past them. The reverse is fairly clean, save for some soiling in the center and along the right side. Soiling is not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet. There is also some purple ink which runs along the top edge but 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.