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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting |
|  | Value at |  |  |  | Gain / (loss)
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | Value at |  | as a result of
|  | at lower of cost |  | January 1, 2014 |  | change in
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | or market value |  | at fair value |  | accounting principle
Bullion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gold |  | $ | 139,729 |  | $ | 139,729 |  | $ | -
Silver |  | $ | 83,152 |  | $ | 83,152 |  | $ | -
Platinum |  | $ | 21,057 |  | $ | 21,057 |  | $ | -
Palladium |  | $ | 15,984 |  | $ | 16,538 |  | $ | 554
Categorization Of The Trust's Assets |
(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | December 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Level 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Investment in Bullion |  | $ | 161,846 |  | $ | 234,158
Schedule Of Redeemable Capital Shares |
| Year
| Ended
|  | December 31, 2013
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for Share and per Share data) |  |
Number of redeemable Shares |  |
Opening balance |  | 2,200,000
Creations |  | 2,050,000
Redemptions |  | (300,000)
Closing balance |  | 3,950,000
Redeemable Shares |  |
Opening balance | $ | 202,243
Creations |  | 149,235
Redemptions |  | (20,607)
Adjustment to redemption value |  | (70,513)
Closing balance | $ | 260,358
Redemption value per Share at period end | $ | 65.91
Schedule Of Investment In Bullion |
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | Year Ended December 31, 2015
Ounces of Bullion |  | Gold |  | Silver |  | Platinum |  | Palladium |  | Total
Opening balance |  |  | 111,199.3 |  |  | 4,077,306.0 |  |  | 14,826.5 |  |  | 22,239.7 |  |  | 4,225,571.5
Creations |  |  | 30,589.1 |  |  | 1,121,600.0 |  |  | 4,078.5 |  |  | 6,117.8 |  |  | 1,162,385.4
Redemptions |  |  | (51,145.0) |  |  | (1,875,318.5) |  |  | (6,819.3) |  |  | (10,229.0) |  |  | (1,943,511.8)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (460.9) |  |  | (16,899.9) |  |  | (61.5) |  |  | (92.2) |  |  | (17,514.5)
Closing balance |  |  | 90,182.5 |  |  | 3,306,687.6 |  |  | 12,024.2 |  |  | 18,036.3 |  |  | 3,426,930.6
Investment in Bullion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | $ | 133,356 |  | $ | 65,115 |  | $ | 17,940 |  | $ | 17,747 |  | $ | 234,158
Creations |  |  | 33,895 |  |  | 16,659 |  |  | 3,909 |  |  | 3,773 |  |  | 58,236
Redemptions |  |  | (63,671) |  |  | (32,014) |  |  | (8,176) |  |  | (7,894) |  |  | (111,755)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 2,404 |  |  | (1,697) |  |  | (611) |  |  | 295 |  |  | 391
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (540) |  |  | (269) |  |  | (67) |  |  | (67) |  |  | (943)
Realized loss on Bullion transferred to pay expenses |  |  | (11) |  |  | (32) |  |  | (11) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (55)
Change in unrealized loss on investment in Bullion |  |  | (9,637) |  |  | (2,063) |  |  | (2,499) |  |  | (3,987) |  |  | (18,186)
Closing balance |  | $ | 95,796 |  | $ | 45,699 |  | $ | 10,485 |  | $ | 9,866 |  | $ | 161,846
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | Year Ended December 31, 2014
Ounces of Bullion |  | Gold |  | Silver |  | Platinum |  | Palladium |  | Total
Opening balance |  |  | 116,295.9 |  |  | 4,264,181.5 |  |  | 15,506.1 |  |  | 23,259.1 |  |  | 4,419,242.6
Creations |  |  | 52,698.7 |  |  | 1,932,284.8 |  |  | 7,026.5 |  |  | 10,539.7 |  |  | 2,002,549.7
Redemptions |  |  | (57,312.5) |  |  | (2,101,456.8) |  |  | (7,641.7) |  |  | (11,462.5) |  |  | (2,177,873.5)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (482.8) |  |  | (17,703.5) |  |  | (64.4) |  |  | (96.6) |  |  | (18,347.3)
Closing balance |  |  | 111,199.3 |  |  | 4,077,306.0 |  |  | 14,826.5 |  |  | 22,239.7 |  |  | 4,225,571.5
Investment in Bullion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Opening balance |  | $ | 139,729 |  | $ | 83,152 |  | $ | 21,057 |  | $ | 16,538 |  | $ | 260,476
Creations |  |  | 63,012 |  |  | 31,840 |  |  | 8,584 |  |  | 8,457 |  |  | 111,893
Redemptions |  |  | (71,795) |  |  | (40,304) |  |  | (10,609) |  |  | (8,415) |  |  | (131,123)
Realized (loss) / gain on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 2,793 |  |  | (729) |  |  | 216 |  |  | 516 |  |  | 2,796
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (610) |  |  | (344) |  |  | (90) |  |  | (77) |  |  | (1,121)
Realized (loss) / gain on Bullion transferred to pay expenses |  |  | 27 |  |  | (3) |  |  | 2 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 36
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion |  |  | 200 |  |  | (8,497) |  |  | (1,220) |  |  | 718 |  |  | (8,799)
Closing balance |  | $ | 133,356 |  | $ | 65,115 |  | $ | 17,940 |  | $ | 17,747 |  | $ | 234,158

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