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Condensed Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Condensed Statements of Assets and Liabilities [Abstract]
Investment in gold at cost	$ 924,736us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtCost	$ 942,277us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtCost
Common stock, shares authorized	unlimited	unlimited
Common stock, par value	$ 0us-gaap_CommonStockNoParValue	$ 0us-gaap_CommonStockNoParValue
Net asset value per share	$ 116.15sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare	$ 117.46sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare
Common stock, shares issued	7,900,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	7,800,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Common stock, shares outstanding	7,900,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding	7,800,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding

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The maximum number of common stock shares which the Trust is authorised to issue.

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Face amount per share of no-par value common stock.

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