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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Unrealized Gains Or Losses On The Trust's Bullion Holdings |
| December 31, 2013
|  | Gold |  |  | Silver |  |  | Platinum |  |  | Palladium |  |  | Total
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in Bullion - average cost | $ | 162,839 |  | $ | 108,001 |  | $ | 21,956 |  | $ | 15,984 |  | $ | 308,780
Realized loss on investment in Bullion |  | (23,109) |  |  | (24,850) |  |  | (899) |  |  | - |  |  | (48,858)
Investment in Bullion - lower of cost or market value |  | 139,730 |  |  | 83,151 |  |  | 21,057 |  |  | 15,984 |  |  | 259,922
Unrealized gain on investment in Bullion |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 554 |  |  | 554
Investment in Bullion - market value | $ | 139,730 |  | $ | 83,151 |  | $ | 21,057 |  | $ | 16,538 |  | $ | 260,476
| December 31, 2012
|  | Gold |  |  | Silver |  |  | Platinum |  |  | Palladium |  |  | Total
Investment in Bullion - average cost | $ | 96,337 |  | $ | 68,563 |  | $ | 12,213 |  | $ | 8,314 |  | $ | 185,427
Unrealized gain on investment in Bullion |  | 12,101 |  |  | 3,002 |  |  | 1,020 |  |  | 796 |  |  | 16,919
Investment in Bullion - market value | $ | 108,438 |  | $ | 71,565 |  | $ | 13,233 |  | $ | 9,110 |  | $ | 202,346
Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares |
| Year |  | Year |  | Year
| Ended |  | Ended |  | Ended
| December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data)
Number of redeemable Shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | 2,200,000 |  |  | 2,100,000 |  |  | 1,900,000
Creations |  | 2,050,000 |  |  | 250,000 |  |  | 1,450,000
Redemptions |  | (300,000) |  |  | (150,000) |  |  | (1,250,000)
Closing balance |  | 3,950,000 |  |  | 2,200,000 |  |  | 2,100,000
Redeemable Shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance | $ | 202,243 |  | $ | 182,586 |  | $ | 166,379
Creations |  | 149,235 |  |  | 24,100 |  |  | 143,112
Redemptions |  | (20,607) |  |  | (13,644) |  |  | (120,762)
Adjustment to redemption value |  | (70,513) |  |  | 9,201 |  |  | (6,143)
Closing balance | $ | 260,358 |  | $ | 202,243 |  | $ | 182,586
Redemption value per Share at period end | $ | 65.91 |  | $ | 91.93 |  | $ | 86.95
Schedule Of Investment In Bullion |
| December 31, 2013
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | Gold |  |  | Silver |  |  | Platinum |  |  | Palladium |  |  | Total
Ounces of Bullion:
Opening balance |  | 65,167.3 |  |  | 2,389,467.4 |  |  | 8,689.0 |  |  | 13,033.4 |  |  | 2,476,357.1
Creations |  | 60,409.7 |  |  | 2,215,021.8 |  |  | 8,054.6 |  |  | 12,081.9 |  |  | 2,295,568.0
Redemptions |  | (8,837.9) |  |  | (324,057.5) |  |  | (1,178.4) |  |  | (1,767.6) |  |  | (335,841.4)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  | (443.2) |  |  | (16,250.2) |  |  | (59.1) |  |  | (88.6) |  |  | (16,841.1)
Closing balance |  | 116,295.9 |  |  | 4,264,181.5 |  |  | 15,506.1 |  |  | 23,259.1 |  |  | 4,419,242.6
Investment in Bullion (lower of cost or market):
Opening balance | $ | 96,337 |  | $ | 68,562 |  | $ | 12,213 |  | $ | 8,315 |  | $ | 185,427
Creations |  | 80,050 |  |  | 48,772 |  |  | 11,510 |  |  | 8,904 |  |  | 149,236
Redemptions |  | (12,888) |  |  | (8,869) |  |  | (1,683) |  |  | (1,177) |  |  | (24,617)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  | (660) |  |  | (464) |  |  | (84) |  |  | (58) |  |  | (1,266)
Realized loss on investment in Bullion |  | (23,110) |  |  | (24,849) |  |  | (899) |  |  | - |  |  | (48,858)
Closing balance | $ | 139,729 |  | $ | 83,152 |  | $ | 21,057 |  | $ | 15,984 |  | $ | 259,922
| December 31, 2012
|  | Gold |  |  | Silver |  |  | Platinum |  |  | Palladium |  |  | Total
Ounces of Bullion:
Opening balance |  | 65,564.1 |  |  | 2,404,018.4 |  |  | 8,741.9 |  |  | 13,112.8 |  |  | 2,491,437.2
Creations |  | 7,415.9 |  |  | 271,916.7 |  |  | 988.8 |  |  | 1,483.2 |  |  | 281,804.6
Redemptions |  | (7,437.6) |  |  | (272,714.5) |  |  | (991.7) |  |  | (1,487.6) |  |  | (282,631.4)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  | (375.1) |  |  | (13,753.2) |  |  | (50.0) |  |  | (75.0) |  |  | (14,253.3)
Closing balance |  | 65,167.3 |  |  | 2,389,467.4 |  |  | 8,689.0 |  |  | 13,033.4 |  |  | 2,476,357.1
Investment in Bullion (lower of cost or market):
Opening balance | $ | 95,032 |  | $ | 67,745 |  | $ | 12,072 |  | $ | 8,340 |  | $ | 183,189
Creations |  | 12,647 |  |  | 8,902 |  |  | 1,582 |  |  | 969 |  |  | 24,100
Redemptions |  | (10,795) |  |  | (7,695) |  |  | (1,372) |  |  | (947) |  |  | (20,809)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  | (547) |  |  | (390) |  |  | (69) |  |  | (47) |  |  | (1,053)
Closing balance | $ | 96,337 |  | $ | 68,562 |  | $ | 12,213 |  | $ | 8,315 |  | $ | 185,427

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