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Condensed Statements of Operations (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
EXPENSES    
Sponsor’s Fee $ 907,275us-gaap_SponsorFees $ 1,053,152us-gaap_SponsorFees
Total expenses 907,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 1,053,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Net investment loss (907,000)sgol_NetInvestmentGainLoss (1,053,000)sgol_NetInvestmentGainLoss
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)    
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses 16,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfTrustAssetsToPayExpenses 36,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfTrustAssetsToPayExpenses
Realized (loss) / gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares (330,000)sgol_RealizedGainLossOnBullionDistributedForRedemptionOfShares 246,000sgol_RealizedGainLossOnBullionDistributedForRedemptionOfShares
Change in unrealized loss on investment in gold (10,394,000)sgol_ChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnInvestmentInBullion 77,157,000sgol_ChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnInvestmentInBullion
Total (loss) / gain on gold (10,708,000)sgol_TotalGainLossOnBullion 77,439,000sgol_TotalGainLossOnBullion
Change in net assets from operations $ (11,615,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 76,386,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net (decrease) / increase in net assets per Share (in Dollars per share) $ (1.47)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 8.77us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted average number of Shares (in Shares) 7,881,667us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 8,707,222us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic