ldhair

Does nobody else pay for grading up front? I have never NOT paid up front, by card, with the submission. 

You never know what the proofs will look like in these little boxes. They can be really pretty or really ugly. I have seen some nice cameo coins in these boxes. As a normal, these sets are worth more in the sealed box. Be careful on these. People have been known to open and reseal the boxes. Sometimes the staple has rusted and has harmed the coins.  

What you've bought is a true "pig in a poke". While I recall a fad decades ago of collectors and dealers buying and selling purportedly "unopened" proof and mint sets and even GSA silver dollars, I haven't heard of this much in recent years.  The $125 you paid for the 1955 proof set is full retail--Coin World Values has them at a range of $120 to $130--and you have no assurances of the actual contents of the box. I would never buy coins that I haven't had an opportunity to examine in person or at least through high resolution photos.  I would require opportunity to inspect such sets before buying them. What is the point of collecting coins if you can't look at and admire them, anyway?

1545578 1858 Flying Eagle Cent Small Letters PCGS Genuine AU Details 2 $100.00  /  $0.00 $105.00 Item Has 2 Bids 55 / 8 2d, 7h+ 1545579 1841 Seated Liberty Half Dime PCGS Genuine AU Details 10 $30.00  /  $0.00 $61.95 Item Has 10 Bids 32 / 7 2d, 8h+ 1545580 1854 Seated Liberty Half Dime Arrows PCGS Genuine Unc Details (Art. Toned) 2 $40.00  /  $0.00 $41.00 Item Has 2 Bids 22 / 3 2d, 8h+ 1545581 1872 Seated Liberty Half Dime PCGS AU-58 (Toned) 7 $50.00  /  $0.00 $77.00 Item Has 7 Bids 66 / 10 2d, 8h+ 1545582 1870 Seated Liberty Dime PCGS Genuine Unc Details 2 $100.00  /  $0.00 $105.00 Item Has 2 Bids 16 / 3 2d, 8h+ 1545583 1885 Seated Liberty Dime PCGS AU-58 (Toned) 1 $50.00  /  $0.00 $50.00 Item Has 1 Bids 54 / 14 2d, 8h+ 1545584 1892 Barber Quarter PCGS MS-62 (Toned) 12 $150.00  /  $0.00 $217.00 Item Has 12 Bids 98 / 13 2d, 8h+

For those that wish, this is how it works.
 
To start it off, post a pic of any commemorative half or any coin dated 1936.
 
Let's say next someone post an image of a 1936 Washington quarter. You would now need to post a pic of the same type coin (a Washington quarter) or anything dated 1936.
 
Let's see some cool coins.

 

Lets go with Large Cents.
 

Nothing has changed. It's always been cool to play off of any date shown. Now would be a good time for someone to play a medal dated 1787. 

No.  We are on Bust Half Dollars. 
 

You never know what the proofs will look like in these little boxes. They can be really pretty or really ugly. I have seen some nice cameo coins in these boxes. As a normal, these sets are worth more in the sealed box. Be careful on these. People have been known to open and reseal the boxes. Sometimes the staple has rusted and has harmed the coins.  

@leeg--Regarding your inquiry about having your 1901 Proof Indian cent reholdered, NGC's policy for copper coins is that if the coin has been in the holder for over ten years, as this one has, the coin will be treated as a raw submission and possibly receive a different grade.  See Verify NGC Certification | NGC (ngccoin.com).  
   Here's an 1854 half cent that I purchased uncertified as an AU in 1992 and that NGC graded MS 62 BN in 2022:

1834 Large Date, Large Letters Capped Bust half dollar (O-102), PCGS graded AU 58:


Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

No.  We are on Bust Half Dollars.