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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
The categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown below: | The categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown below:
(Amounts in 000’s of US$) |  | December 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Level 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in gold |  | $ | 2,391,578 |  |  | $ | 2,652,891 |
Changes in ounces of gold and their respective values for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are set out below: | Changes in ounces of gold and their respective values for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are set out below:
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2021 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
(Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ounces of gold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  |  | 1,405,430.5 |  |  |  | 787,688.3 |
Creations |  |  | 69,166.7 |  |  |  | 739,919.1 |
Redemptions |  |  | (147,946.2 | ) |  |  | (120,236.3 | )
Transfers of gold to pay expenses |  |  | (2,300.8 | ) |  |  | (1,940.6 | )
Closing balance |  |  | 1,324,350.2 |  |  |  | 1,405,430.5 |
Investment in gold |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | $ | 2,652,891 |  |  | $ | 1,193,151 |
Creations |  |  | 128,307 |  |  |  | 1,298,953 |
Redemptions |  |  | (258,605 | ) |  |  | (203,169 | )
Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 32,491 |  |  |  | 30,873 |
Transfers of gold to pay expenses |  |  | (4,155 | ) |  |  | (3,433 | )
Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses |  |  | 635 |  |  |  | 643 |
Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in gold |  |  | (159,986 | ) |  |  | 335,873 |
Closing balance |  | $ | 2,391,578 |  |  | $ | 2,652,891 |

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- Definition 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). + References 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=123874694&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) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123874694&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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