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Statements of Operations - USD ($)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Mar. 31, 2015
EXPENSES    
Sponsor’s Fee $ 851,857 $ 907,275
Total expenses 852,000 907,000
Net investment loss (852,000) (907,000)
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)    
Realized (loss) / gain on gold transferred to pay expenses (60,000) 16,000
Realized loss on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares (2,710,000) (330,000)
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in gold 129,424,000 (10,394,000)
Total gain / (loss) on gold 126,654,000 (10,708,000)
Change in net assets from operations $ 125,802,000 $ (11,615,000)
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share (in Dollars per share) $ 16.49 $ (1.47)
Weighted average number of Shares (in Shares) 7,629,121 7,881,667