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Statements of Operations - USD ($)
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Jun. 30, 2017
Jun. 30, 2018
Jun. 30, 2017
EXPENSES        
Sponsor’s Fee $ 558,106 $ 471,739 $ 1,119,811 $ 902,078
Total expenses 558,000 471,000 1,120,000 902,000
Net investment loss (558,000) (471,000) (1,120,000) (902,000)
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS / (LOSSES)        
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses 21,000 5,000 51,000 (5,000)
Realized gain on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares 789,000 0 1,273,000 51,000
Change in unrealized gain and loss on investment in Bullion (16,650,000) (8,153,000) (19,145,000) 16,068,000
Total gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion (15,840,000) (8,148,000) (17,821,000) 16,114,000
Change in net assets from operations $ (16,398,000) $ (8,619,000) $ (18,941,000) $ 15,212,000
Net increase / (decrease) in net assets per Share $ (2.80) $ (1.70) $ (3.25) $ 3.12
Weighted average number of Shares (in Shares) 5,854,396 5,063,187 5,825,691 4,869,890