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 23 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only eight receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Chicago second baseman Johnny Evers.

Centering is just ever so slightly west 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 on the left edge and in the corners. There is light soiling in the nameplate, and somewhat in the portrait oval, but this remains one of the nicest card images of the Hall of Famer. The reverse has seen better days, with significant soiling. Soiling is not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet. Luckily, most of that soiling has not bled through to the front, which presents wonderfully.

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.