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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting |
|  | Value at |  |  |  | Gain / (loss)
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | Value at |  | as a result of
|  | at lower of cost |  | January 1, 2014 |  | change in
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | or market value |  | at fair value |  | accounting principle
Investment in gold |  | $ | 1,040,003 |  | $ | 1,040,003 |  | $ | -
Schedule Of Unrealized Gains Or Losses On The Trust's Gold Holdings |
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Investment in gold - cost |  | $ | 942,277 |  | $ | 1,040,003
Unrealized loss on investment in gold |  |  | (2,266) |  |  | -
Investment in gold - fair value |  | $ | 940,011 |  | $ | 1,040,003
Categorization Of The Trust's Assets |
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Level 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in gold |  | $ | 940,011 |  | $ | 1,040,003
There were no re-allocations or transfers between levels during the period.
Schedule Of Gold Receivable And Payable |
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Gold receivable |  | $ | - |  | $ | -
Gold payable |  | $ | 23,493 |  | $ | 5,907
Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares |
|  | Year |  |  | Year
|  | Ended |  |  | Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data) |  | December 31, 2013 |  |  | December 31, 2012
Number of Redeemable Shares |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  |  | 11,750,000 |  |  | 10,750,000
Creations |  |  | 150,000 |  |  | 1,600,000
Redemptions |  |  | (3,150,000) |  |  | (600,000)
Closing balance |  |  | 8,750,000 |  |  | 11,750,000
Redeemable Shares |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | $ | 1,930,056 |  | $ | 1,677,363
Creations |  |  | 22,226 |  |  | 268,941
Redemptions |  |  | (418,671) |  |  | (98,455)
Adjustment to redemption value |  |  | (499,866) |  |  | 82,207
Closing balance |  | $ | 1,033,745 |  | $ | 1,930,056
Redemption value per Share at period end |  | $ | 118.14 |  | $ | 164.26
Schedule Of Investment In Gold |
|  | Year |  | Year |  | Year
|  | Ended |  | Ended |  | Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | December 31, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Ounces of gold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  |  | 865,587.1 |  |  | 1,160,268.7 |  |  | 1,065,686.5
Creations |  |  | 4,907.1 |  |  | 14,786.5 |  |  | 158,216.1
Redemptions |  |  | (83,347.4) |  |  | (305,365.7) |  |  | (59,341.1)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses |  |  | (3,314.5) |  |  | (4,102.4) |  |  | (4,292.8)
Closing balance |  |  | 783,832.3 |  |  | 865,587.1 |  |  | 1,160,268.7
Investment in gold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | $ | 1,040,003 |  | $ | 1,561,925 |  | $ | 1,376,845
Creations |  |  | 6,437 |  |  | 22,226 |  |  | 268,941
Redemptions |  |  | (100,689) |  |  | (412,764) |  |  | (98,454)
Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 509 |  |  | 1,081 |  |  | 20,240
Transfers of gold to pay expenses |  |  | (4,195) |  |  | (5,992) |  |  | (7,130)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses |  |  | 212 |  |  | 464 |  |  | 1,483
Realized loss on investment in gold |  |  | - |  |  | (126,937) |  |  | -
Unrealized loss on investment in gold |  |  | (2,266) |  |  | - |  |  | -
Closing balance |  | $ | 940,011 |  | $ | 1,040,003 |  | $ | 1,561,925

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