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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Level 2
Investment in gold		$	1,457,304		$	1,193,151

Schedule Of Investment In Gold

		Three Months			Three Months
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		March 31, 2020			March 31, 2019
Ounces of gold
Opening balance			787,688.3			641,449.1
Creations			173,272.1			57,861.3
Redemptions			(54,860.2)			(19,281.9)
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(351.6)			(279.7)
Closing balance			905,748.6			679,748.8
Investment in gold
Opening balance		$	1,193,151		$	822,113
Creations			278,031			74,933
Redemptions			(82,715)			(25,195)
Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares			9,417			1,430
Transfers of gold to pay expenses			(548)			(362)
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses			89			19
Change in unrealized gain on investment in gold			59,879			7,609
Closing balance		$	1,457,304		$	880,547

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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

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
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