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.

PSA has only ever graded 24 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only fifteen receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of St. Louis third baseman Bobby Byrne.

Centering is just a hair north and east on the canvas. There is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's gold borders, particularly in the corners and on the left edge. There is a small crease in the top left corner, and some minor soiling in the top right, but the image of the portrait is bright and clean. The reverse has some light soiling, which is not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet. However there is also some blue ink staining across the top portion of the back, which does not bleed through to the front, leaving this card with tremendous eye appeal.

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. This is an extraordinary example seldom seen with this sort of visual appeal.