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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015

Level 2
Investment in silver		$	277,431		$	248,122



Schedule Of Investment In Silver



		Three Months			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
Ounces of silver
Opening balance			17,953,851.0			18,401,534.5
Creations			294,060.2			982,678.0
Redemptions			(196,102.3)			(1,375,710.4)
Transfers of silver to pay expenses			(13,400.2)			(54,651.1)
Closing balance			18,038,408.7			17,953,851.0

Investment in silver
Opening balance		$	248,122		$	293,873
Creations			4,494			15,497
Redemptions			(3,008)			(22,933)
Realized (loss) / gain on silver distributed for the redemption of Shares			(779)			(3,789)
Transfers of silver to pay expenses			(191)			(867)
Realized (loss) / gain on silver transferred to pay expenses			(67)			(193)
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in silver			28,860			(33,466)
Closing balance		$	277,431		$	248,122



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Tabular disclosure of movement in the investment in bullion in the Trust.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258

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