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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 Gold Holdings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in gold - average cost

$
1,166,940 

 

$
1,561,925 

Realized loss on investment in gold

 
(126,937)

 

 

- 

Investment in gold - lower of cost or market value

 
1,040,003 

 

 
1,561,925 

Unrealized gain on investment in gold

 

- 

 

 
368,762 

Investment in gold - market value

$
1,040,003 

 

$
1,930,687 

 

Schedule Of Gold Receivable And Payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

(Amounts in 000's of US$)

 

 

 

 

 

Gold receivable

$

- 

 

$

- 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold payable

$
5,907 

 

$

- 

 

Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Year

 

Year

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)

December 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

December 31, 2011

Number of redeemable Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 
11,750,000 

 

 
10,750,000 

 

 
8,250,000 

Creations

 
150,000 

 

 
1,600,000 

 

 
2,950,000 

Redemptions

 
(3,150,000)

 

 
(600,000)

 

 
(450,000)

Closing balance

 
8,750,000 

 

 
11,750,000 

 

 
10,750,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

$
1,930,056 

 

$
1,677,363 

 

$
1,157,505 

Creations

 
22,226 

 

 
268,941 

 

 
466,053 

Redemptions

 
(418,671)

 

 
(98,455)

 

 
(71,329)

Adjustment to redemption value

 
(499,866)

 

 
82,207 

 

 
125,134 

Closing balance

$
1,033,745 

 

$
1,930,056 

 

$
1,677,363 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption value per Share at year end

$
118.14 

 

$
164.26 

 

$
156.03 

 

Schedule Of Investment In Gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Year

 

Year

 

Ended

 

Ended

 

Ended

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)

December 31, 2013

 

December 31, 2012

 

December 31, 2011

Ounces of gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 
1,160,268.7 

 

 
1,065,686.5 

 

 
821,051.2 

Creations

 
14,786.5 

 

 
158,216.1 

 

 
292,915.5 

Redemptions

 
(305,365.7)

 

 
(59,341.1)

 

 
(44,662.3)

Transfers of gold to pay expenses

 
(4,102.4)

 

 
(4,292.8)

 

 
(3,617.9)

Closing balance

 
865,587.1 

 

 
1,160,268.7 

 

 
1,065,686.5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in gold (lower of cost or market value)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

$
1,561,925 

 

$
1,376,845 

 

$
971,070 

Creations

 
22,226 

 

 
268,941 

 

 
466,053 

Redemptions

 
(411,683)

 

 
(78,214)

 

 
(55,844)

Transfers of gold to pay expenses

 
(5,528)

 

 
(5,647)

 

 
(4,434)

Realized loss on investment in gold

 
(126,937)

 

 

- 

 

 

- 

Closing balance

$
1,040,003 

 

$
1,561,925 

 

$
1,376,845