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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule Of Unrealized Gains Or Losses On The Trust's Silver Holdings

	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
(Amounts in 000's of US$)
Investment in silver - average cost	$	491,080		$	509,601
Realized loss on investment in silver		(144,644)			-
Investment in silver - lower of cost or market value		346,436			509,601
Unrealized gain on investment in silver		-			41,879
Investment in silver - market value	$	346,436		$	551,480

Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares

	Year			Year			Year
	Ended			Ended			Ended
	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
Number of redeemable Shares
Opening balance		18,600,000			19,100,000			16,700,000
Creations		900,000			1,700,000			8,900,000
Redemptions		(1,500,000)			(2,200,000)			(6,500,000)
Closing balance		18,000,000			18,600,000			19,100,000
Redeemable Shares:
Opening balance	$	551,340		$	534,305		$	509,311
Creations		24,087			54,303			342,215
Redemptions		(32,844)			(64,809)			(238,993)
Adjustment to redemption value		(196,235)			27,541			(78,228)
Closing balance	$	346,348		$	551,340		$	534,305
Redemption value per Share at year end	$	19.24		$	29.64		$	27.97

Schedule Of Investment In Silver

	Year			Year			Year
	Ended			Ended			Ended
	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)
Ounces of silver
Opening balance		18,413,374.2			19,263,211.3			16,432,768.8
Creations		890,077.9			1,684,899.6			9,048,980.8
Redemptions		(1,482,521.1)			(2,479,571.6)			(6,164,137.0)
Transfers of silver		(54,982.2)			(55,165.1)			(54,401.3)
Closing balance		17,765,948.8			18,413,374.2			19,263,211.3
Investment in silver (lower of cost or market value)
Opening balance	$	509,601			524,563		$	329,357
Creations		24,087			54,303			348,315
Redemptions		(41,085)			(67,753)			(151,790)
Transfers of silver		(1,523)			(1,512)			(1,319)
Realized loss on investment in silver		(144,644)			-			-
Closing balance	$	346,436		$	509,601		$	524,563

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