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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Measurements |
Fair Value Measurements for reconciliation of bullion holdings |
|  |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
(in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  |  | $ |  | $ |
Balance at beginning of year |  |  | 2,959,687 |  | 2,808,052 |
Purchases |  |  | 440,262 |  | – |
Sales |  |  | (5,043) |  | (23,265) |
Redemptions for physical bullion |  |  | 184 |  | (264,238) |
Realized gains (losses) on sales and redemptions for physical bullion |  |  | 759 |  | (16,398) |
Change in unrealized gains (losses) |  |  | 1,026,156 |  | 455,536 |
Balance at end of year |  |  | 4,422,005 |  | 2,959,687 |

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