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Financial Highlights (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Per Share Performance (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)
Net asset value per Share at beginning of year	$ 117.46sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare	$ 118.14sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare
Income from investment operations:
Net investment loss	$ (0.12)sgol_NetInvestmentIncomLossPerShare	$ (0.12)sgol_NetInvestmentIncomLossPerShare
Total realized and unrealized gains or losses on investment in gold	$ (1.19)sgol_NetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainsAndLossesOnInvestmentInBullionPerShare	$ 8.87sgol_NetRealizedAndUnrealizedGainsAndLossesOnInvestmentInBullionPerShare
Change in net assets from operations	$ (1.31)sgol_ChangeInNetAssetsFromOperationsPerShare	$ 8.75sgol_ChangeInNetAssetsFromOperationsPerShare
Net asset value per Share at end of year	$ 116.15sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare	$ 126.89sgol_NetAssetValuePerShare
Weighted average number of shares	7,881,667us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	8,707,222us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Expense Ratio
Sponsor's fee per Share	0.39%sgol_AnnualizedRateOfSponsorsFee	0.39%sgol_AnnualizedRateOfSponsorsFee
Net Investment Loss Ratio
Net investment loss ratio	(0.39%)sgol_AnnualizedNetInvestmentIncomeLossRatio	(0.39%)sgol_AnnualizedNetInvestmentIncomeLossRatio
Non-Annualized Total Return	(1.12%)sgol_NonAnnualizedTotalReturn	7.41%sgol_NonAnnualizedTotalReturn

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