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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016

Level 2
Investment in silver		$	351,140		$	311,346



Schedule Of Investment In Silver



		Year			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Ounces of silver
Opening balance			19,171,529.7			17,953,851.0
Creations			3,027,876.1			1,958,468.7
Redemptions			(1,318,192.7)			(685,202.5)
Transfers of silver to pay expenses			(60,558.7)			(55,587.5)
Closing balance			20,820,654.4			19,171,529.7

Investment in silver
Opening balance		$	311,346		$	248,122
Creations			50,050			35,054
Redemptions			(22,486)			(11,200)
Realized loss on silver distributed for the redemption of Shares			(2,476)			(1,974)
Transfers of silver to pay expenses			(1,030)			(941)
Realized loss on silver transferred to pay expenses			(120)			(127)
Change in unrealized gain on investment in silver			15,856			42,412
Closing balance		$	351,140		$	311,346



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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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