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Organization - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 shares
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Formation date	November 12, 2004
Minimum denomination of shares issued redeemed against gold	100,000
Trust adoption of financial presentation provisions appropriate to investment company for accounting purposes, effective date	Oct. 01, 2014

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