Looking through my Charlton's Catalogue, I've noticed the values given for the 1944 1c, 5c, and 10c coins have seemed excessively high, considering the mintage figures provided. I just found an article in the Canadian Coin news that offers an explanation: the official mintage figures are off, in summary:
quote:
1944 1 cent = 255,840
1944 5 cent = 151,090
1944 10 cent = 56,177
The full article
can be read here .