I hope she wins in court, and it is pathetic that she has to sue to get HER property back from the thieves who stole it.
Yes, it was a theft . . . by this woman's father and some Mint employee in the '30s. And the Mint did get their (our) property back from the thieves who stole it.
Conjecture. No evidence whatsoever that that is the case. The government employees stole this woman's property. Period.