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Condensed Statements of Assets and Liabilities (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
ASSETS
Investment in Bullion	$ 152,842,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities		$ 234,158,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities
Bullion receivable	0gltr_BullionReceivableAtMarketValue		3,080,000gltr_BullionReceivableAtMarketValue
Total assets	152,842,000us-gaap_Assets		237,238,000us-gaap_Assets
LIABILITIES
Fees payable to Sponsor	79,965us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent		86,196us-gaap_AccountsPayableRelatedPartiesCurrent
Bullion payable at market value	3,055,000gltr_BullionPayableAtMarketValue		0gltr_BullionPayableAtMarketValue
Total Liabilities	3,135,000us-gaap_Liabilities		86,000us-gaap_Liabilities
NET ASSETS	149,707,000us-gaap_AssetsNet	[1]	237,152,000us-gaap_AssetsNet	[1]
Gold [Member]
ASSETS
Investment in Bullion	86,723,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XAU		133,356,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XAU
Silver [Member]
ASSETS
Investment in Bullion	44,469,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XAG		65,115,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XAG
Platinum [Member]
ASSETS
Investment in Bullion	10,998,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XPT		17,940,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XPT
Palladium [Member]
ASSETS
Investment in Bullion	$ 10,652,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XPD		$ 17,747,000us-gaap_InvestmentInPhysicalCommodities / us-gaap_CurrencyAxis = currency_XPD
[1] Authorized share capital is unlimited with no par value per Share. Shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 were 2,450,000 and at December 31, 2014 were 3,850,000. Net asset value per Share at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $61.10 and $61.60, respectively.

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