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 13 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only seven receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of Cincinnati left fielder Dode Paskert.

Centering is extremely nice on this one, which helps the eye appeal as much as it helps the grade. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly noticeable in the corners. The top left corner has a large crease, while a couple spots of soiling appear elsewhere on the front. Some light snow within the portrait area mostly misses Paskert's face, leaving his image bright and clean. The reverse is generally clean, with a couple small soil spots in the bottom left and upper right corners. 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.