[joshhiggins]

"the money most likely belonged to her granduncle or great-grandfather, who sold cider, which was popular during prohibition."

If the "cider" she's referring to is the same as the "cider" my grandfather sold, she just lost the money too. The police will now be able to confiscate it like they do "drug" money, "drug cars", and "drug houses". In fact she may have just lost the farm that her Great Grandfather bought with his illegal "Cider money"

[Kolokotronis]

I'm sure the old man was selling it for strictly medicinal purposes, just like my grandfather did! Of course what he sold was from Scotland via Canada and was, shall we say, a bit more refined than cider. :)

[joshhiggins]

" the same as the "cider" my grandfather sold"

Just for the record the fishing knife my grandfather gave me was bought with his social security money, not stolen money, or "cider money".