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Condensed Statements of Operations (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
EXPENSES    
Sponsor’s Fee $ 282,229us-gaap_SponsorFees $ 311,080us-gaap_SponsorFees
Total expenses 282,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 311,000us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Net investment loss (282,000)gltr_NetInvestmentGainLoss (311,000)gltr_NetInvestmentGainLoss
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)    
Realized (loss) / gain on Bullion transferred to pay expenses (3,000)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfTrustAssetsToPayExpenses 10,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfTrustAssetsToPayExpenses
Realized gain on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares 1,595,000gltr_RealizedGainLossOnBullionDistributedForRedemptionOfShares 3,446,000gltr_RealizedGainLossOnBullionDistributedForRedemptionOfShares
Change in unrealized gain on investment Bullion 1,933,000gltr_ChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnInvestmentInBullion 8,727,000gltr_ChangeInUnrealizedGainLossOnInvestmentInBullion
Total gain on Bullion 3,525,000gltr_TotalGainLossOnBullion 12,183,000gltr_TotalGainLossOnBullion
Change in net assets from operations $ 3,243,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 11,872,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net increase in net assets per Share (in Dollars per share) $ 1.08us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 3.93us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Weighted average number of Shares (in Shares) 3,007,222us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 3,020,000us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic