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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		June 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
Level 2
Investment in Bullion		$	379,803		$	359,447

Schedule Of Investment In Bullion

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
Ounces of Bullion		Gold			Silver			Platinum			Palladium			Total
Opening balance			156,908.1			5,753,293.5			20,920.9			31,381.3			5,962,503.8
Creations			5,699.8			208,994.8			760.0			1,140.0			216,594.6
Redemptions			(2,848.1)			(104,431.9)			(379.8)			(569.7)			(108,229.5)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(241.4)			(8,850.6)			(32.2)			(48.3)			(9,172.5)
Closing balance			159,518.4			5,849,005.8			21,268.9			31,903.3			6,061,696.4
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	203,258		$	86,875		$	17,783		$	43,620		$	351,536
Creations			7,423			3,128			649			1,606			12,806
Redemptions			(3,788)			(1,541)			(309)			(793)			(6,431)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			271			(245)			(89)			338			275
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(312)			(133)			(27)			(67)			(539)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			14			(18)			(6)			28			18
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion			17,896			956			(603)			3,889			22,138
Closing balance		$	224,762		$	89,022		$	17,398		$	48,621		$	379,803
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Three Months Ended June 30, 2018
Ounces of Bullion		Gold			Silver			Platinum			Palladium			Total
Opening balance			169,334.9			6,208,940.8			22,577.8			33,866.7			6,434,720.2
Creations			5,733.6			210,229.5			764.5			1,146.7			217,874.3
Redemptions			(14,328.2)			(525,367.8)			(1,910.5)			(2,865.7)			(544,472.2)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(86.2)			(3,161.4)			(11.5)			(17.2)			(3,276.3)
Closing balance			160,654.1			5,890,641.1			21,420.3			32,130.5			6,104,846.0
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	224,174		$	101,082		$	21,133		$	32,851		$	379,240
Creations			7,501			3,459			693			1,115			12,768
Redemptions			(18,578)			(8,631)			(1,728)			(2,854)			(31,791)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			917			(525)			(327)			724			789
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(127)			(55)			(12)			(17)			(211)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			22			(8)			(5)			12			21
Change in unrealized loss on investment in Bullion			(13,020)			(895)			(1,525)			(1,210)			(16,650)
Closing balance		$	200,889		$	94,427		$	18,229		$	30,621		$	344,166

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
Ounces of Bullion		Gold			Silver			Platinum			Palladium			Total
Opening balance			162,854.5			5,971,327.0			21,713.7			32,570.6			6,188,465.8
Creations			8,554.2			313,655.1			1,140.6			1,710.8			325,060.7
Redemptions			(11,407.4)			(418,271.4)			(1,521.0)			(2,281.5)			(433,481.3)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(482.9)			(17,704.9)			(64.4)			(96.6)			(18,348.8)
Closing balance			159,518.4			5,849,005.8			21,268.9			31,903.3			6,061,696.4
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	208,722		$	92,347		$	17,241		$	41,137		$	359,447
Creations			11,137			4,767			958			2,397			19,259
Redemptions			(14,940)			(6,383)			(1,234)			(3,313)			(25,870)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			866			(791)			(362)			1,515			1,228
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(625)			(271)			(53)			(133)			(1,082)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			29			(32)			(14)			56			39
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion			19,573			(615)			862			6,962			26,782
Closing balance		$	224,762		$	89,022		$	17,398		$	48,621		$	379,803
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
Ounces of Bullion		Gold			Silver			Platinum			Palladium			Total
Opening balance			160,963.2			5,901,979.3			21,461.5			32,192.4			6,116,596.4
Creations			18,653.7			683,967.4			2,487.2			3,730.7			708,839.0
Redemptions			(18,634.3)			(683,259.0)			(2,484.6)			(3,726.9)			(708,104.8)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(328.5)			(12,046.6)			(43.8)			(65.7)			(12,484.6)
Closing balance			160,654.1			5,890,641.1			21,420.3			32,130.5			6,104,846.0
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	208,689			99,537			19,895			33,995		$	362,116
Creations			24,646			11,402			2,375			3,788			42,211
Redemptions			(24,332)			(11,249)			(2,286)			(3,709)			(41,576)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			1,379			(664)			(390)			948			1,273
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(448)			(205)			(43)			(68)			(764)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			46			(14)			(9)			28			51
Change in unrealized loss on investment in Bullion			(9,091)			(4,380)			(1,313)			(4,361)			(19,145)
Closing balance		$	200,889		$	94,427		$	18,229		$	30,621		$	344,166

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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