Statute of Limitations?
"Statute of Limitations?"
Doesn't change the fact that the property is stolen.
NO! Coins with eagles. Not statues with lemmings, dangnabit. Where's my TV Guide again?
If you stole something, it doesn't become yours just because you stole it a long time ago. It still belongs to the original owner.
The statue of limitations might prevent prosecution of the crime, but the fact that you don't own the coins has not changed. In this case the crime cannot be prosecuted because her father, who either stole them himself or received stolen property, is dead.