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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018

Level 2
Investment in gold		$	1,193,151		$	822,113



Schedule Of Investment In Gold




		Year Ended			Year Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
Ounces of gold
Opening balance			641,449.1			808,581.0
Creations			222,589.1			101,505.5
Redemptions			(75,167.4)			(265,666.8)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(1,182.5)			(2,970.6)
Closing balance			787,688.3			641,449.1

Investment in gold
Opening balance		$	822,113		$	1,048,326
Creations			319,522			132,781
Redemptions			(102,215)			(336,610)
Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares			8,541			10,687
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(1,628)			(3,796)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses			154			159
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in gold			146,664			(29,434)
Closing balance		$	1,193,151		$	822,113



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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/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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