What Is Special About 1971 Pennies?

The 1971-1DO-001 is a double die with a decent spread....I'm thinking that a beginner would do well to take his time and check all pennies for double dies with a loupe....or go the other way and check for just major varieties....sometimes too much information can be confusing.It all depends on you,,,maybe try one thing and if it gets boring, switch to the other.Also look at the variety/error section of the forum, there is a lot you can learn by just reading up first.

There is a nice double die on the 1971 from philly and two different ones from SF but both the SF are from proof sets I think

There would not be a reason to list 'normal' circulated 1971 cents. The person who typed the list might have been looking at the fact that BU roll bid is above $10 now and might have been thinking that the slightly lower mintage and higher roll bid makes it a more 'valuable' coin in all grades. Not true...circulated 1971 cents are still worth one cent.

If you're searching through rolls and want to keep out coins from circulation that might gain some value some day, just save all your 1982 Philly small date cents and save all your 1986 Philly cents. Those actually do have a chance of gaining value as decent higher grade circ rolls.