More than anything, I find interesting the impact this probably did have on the failure of democracy in Portugal back then.
> The sixteen years of the First Republic saw nine presidents and 44 ministries, and have been described as consisting of "continual anarchy, government corruption, rioting and pillage, assassinations, arbitrary imprisonment and religious persecution".
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Portuguese_Republic
In the repercussions section here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alves_dos_Reis
Obviously not the only cause of course. But it sounds like it was more than zero impact.
"The revelation of the counterfeiting plot created a huge loss of confidence in the corrupt, democratic government. Military officers who were aggrieved over their pay failing to keep up with inflation, overthrew the democratic government on May 28, 1926. ... A scheme to counterfeit currency and make a forger rich had led, indirectly, to the downfall of a democracy which was followed by a forty-year dictatorship."