Wierd color penny

Hello I was coin roll hunting and I came across this 1976 penny, it's like a green. Gold color. Anyone ever seen one of these before? And its skinnier than any other penny. Thanks all. New to this.

 

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looks like it was gold plated at 1 time.

 

Yeah, its wierd. What should I do?

 

it is now only worth 1 cent because gold plating it caused damage to the surface. spend it.

 

It's a normal cent. Copper takes on many colors. Welcome to CT.

 

Nothing.. It's not a mint error nor variety.. Just spend it.

Oh and skinnier just means it was struck on a thinner than normal planchet.. Really nothing major.

 

It could be brass plated.
As I understand it, if a zinc coin falls into the copper bath it will cause a color like that