Properly insert sim in Samsung Note

I bought Samsung Note some time back. I changed the sim yesterday, The phone did not detect the sim and when I tried to rearrange the sim so it would perfectly in its small compartment, the tiny copper strip present there, came off ! I found it to be quite delicate. Is this a problem with this set? Has anyone encountered this problem before? What is the correct way of inserting the sim in Smsung Note?
