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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 platinum		$	505,210		$	474,220



Schedule Of Investment In Platinum



		Nine Months			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		September 30, 2017			December 31, 2016
Ounces of platinum
Opening balance			522,844.9			463,267.0
Creations			90,932.5			144,283.4
Redemptions			(62,176.4)			(81,759.3)
Transfers of platinum to pay expenses			(2,459.4)			(2,946.2)
Closing balance			549,141.6			522,844.9

Investment in platinum
Opening balance		$	474,220		$	403,969
Creations			87,054			143,689
Redemptions			(59,178)			(81,161)
Realized loss on platinum distributed for the redemption of Shares			(16,357)			(23,578)
Transfers of platinum to pay expenses			(2,338)			(2,907)
Realized loss on platinum transferred to pay expenses			(660)			(869)
Change in unrealized gain on investment in platinum			22,469			35,077
Closing balance		$	505,210		$	474,220



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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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