If you are absolutely SURE the beans were processed correctly, using a pressure cooker; AND the lid is still slightly concave and has a good vacuum when you open the lid, the beans are probably all right, assuming they look and smell "right". I am really cautious about eating anything someone else has home canned. I know I use the pressure canner exactly right, but am not sure everyone else does. Botulism is the worst risk, and it can KILL you.
But my experience with food canned quite a while ago is that the insides of the lids eventually rust and then the food has an "off" taste. If the vacuum seal has been disturbed in any way, you want to toss the contents, without question.
I suppose if I had beans from 1992, I would open a couple of the containers and see how they are. But unless they were PERFECT, I believe I would dump all of them, obviously saving the jars for future needs.
When we cleaned out my Mom"s house about 20 years ago, her pantry had jars of stuff from the 60"s and metal cans from even before that. We dumped all the contents, but probably are still using the jars.
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