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 of Washington center fielder Clyde Milan.

Centering is fairly nice on this one, which definitely helps the grade. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly in the corners. There are lots of areas with creasing, most notably a large one running vertically right through the center of the card, through Milan's face and body. Luckily, his portrait is still largely visible, with most of the worst parts of the crease occurring below eye level. The reverse is cleaner than you would expect for the grade, with only a couple noteworthy spots of soiling near the top edge and in the bottom right quadrant. 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 perceived cosmetic flaws on this example.