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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

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

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Investment in gold - average cost	$	1,481,533,529		$	1,376,845,277
Unrealized gain on investment in gold		502,114,599			301,078,135
Investment in gold - market value	$	1,983,648,128		$	1,677,923,412

Schedule Of Gold Receivable And Payable

	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Gold receivable	$	17,549,398		$	-
Gold payable	$	-		$	-

Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares

	Nine Months			Year
	Ended			Ended
	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Number of redeemable Shares
Opening balance		10,750,000			8,250,000
Creations		1,100,000			2,950,000
Redemptions		(450,000)			(450,000)
Closing balance		11,400,000			10,750,000
Redeemable Shares
Opening balance	$	1,677,362,792		$	1,157,505,203
Creations		184,909,847			466,052,755
Redemptions		(72,954,024)			(71,329,603)
Adjustment to redemption value		211,248,714			125,134,437
Closing balance	$	2,000,567,329		$	1,677,362,792
Redemption value per Share at period end	$	175.49		$	156.03

Schedule Of Investment In Gold

	Nine Months			Year
	Ended			Ended
	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Ounces of gold
Opening balance		1,065,686.5			821,051.2
Creations (excluding gold receivable at September 30, 2012 - 9,881.4 oz)		98,961.9			292,915.5
Redemptions		(44,523.0)			(44,662.3)
Transfers of gold		(3,206.4)			(3,617.9)
Closing balance		1,116,919.0			1,065,686.5
Investment in gold (lower of cost or market value)
Opening balance	$	1,376,845,277		$	971,070,331
Creations (excluding gold receivable at September 30, 2012 - $17,420,940)*		167,360,452			466,052,746
Redemptions		(58,473,434)			(55,843,669)
Transfers of gold		(4,198,766)			(4,434,131)
Closing balance	$	1,481,533,529		$	1,376,845,277

*Market value of gold receivable at September 30, 2012 - $17,549,398.

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