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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) - $ / shares
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2022
Per Share Performance (for a Share outstanding throughout the entire period)        
Net asset value per Share at beginning of period $ 18.30 $ 17.42 $ 17.37 $ 17.33
Income from investment operations:        
Net investment loss (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.02)
Total realized and unrealized gains or losses on investment in gold (0.40) (1.39) 0.54 (1.29)
Change in net assets from operations (0.41) (1.40) 0.52 (1.31)
Net asset value per Share at end of period $ 17.89 $ 16.02 $ 17.89 $ 16.02
Weighted average number of Shares 145,738,043 144,409,783 143,830,769 145,836,996
Expense ratio [1] 0.17% 0.17% 0.17% 0.17%
Net investment loss ratio [1] (0.17%) (0.17%) (0.17%) (0.17%)
Total return, net asset value [2] (2.24%) (8.04%) 2.99% (7.56%)
[1] Annualized for periods less than one year.
[2] Total return is not annualized.