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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016

Level 2
Investment in gold		$	1,044,721		$	935,268



Schedule Of Investment In Gold



		Nine Months			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
Ounces of gold
Opening balance			806,891.3			736,849.8
Creations			38,816.2			160,724.9
Redemptions			(29,105.0)			(87,572.4)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(2,386.1)			(3,111.0)
Closing balance			814,216.4			806,891.3

Investment in gold
Opening balance		$	935,268		$	782,719
Creations			48,709			202,685
Redemptions			(36,251)			(100,214)
Realized gain / (loss) on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares			903			(5,827)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(2,945)			(3,868)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses			47			113
Change in unrealized gain on investment in gold			98,990			59,660
Closing balance		$	1,044,721		$	935,268



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Tabular disclosure of movement in the investment in bullion in the Trust.

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258

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