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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value Measurements |
Fair Value Measurements for reconciliation of bullion holdings |
|  |  | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |
|  |  | $ |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  |  | – |  | – |
Physical bullion acquired from CFCL |  |  | 3,530,623,701 |  | – |
Purchases |  |  | - |  | – |
Sales |  |  | (14,362,530) |  | – |
Redemptions for physical bullion |  |  | (472,701,839) |  | – |
Realized losses on sales and redemptions for physical bullion |  |  | (39,637,898) |  | – |
Change in unrealized gains (losses) |  |  | (195,868,677) |  | – |
Balance at end of year |  |  | 2,808,052,757 |  | – |

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