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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Categorization Of The Trust's Assets |
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﻿(Amounts in 000's of US$) |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
﻿Level 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Investment in Bullion |  | $ | 491,706 |  | $ | 359,447
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Schedule Of Investment In Bullion |
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﻿(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | Year Ended December 31, 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 |  |  | 34,136.6 |  |  | 1,251,676.2 |  |  | 4,551.5 |  |  | 6,827.3 |  |  | 1,297,191.6
﻿Redemptions |  |  | (12,829.1) |  |  | (470,400.0) |  |  | (1,710.5) |  |  | (2,565.8) |  |  | (487,505.4)
﻿Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (985.5) |  |  | (36,134.7) |  |  | (131.4) |  |  | (197.1) |  |  | (37,448.7)
﻿Closing balance |  |  | 183,176.5 |  |  | 6,716,468.5 |  |  | 24,423.3 |  |  | 36,635.0 |  |  | 6,960,703.3
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﻿Investment in Bullion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Opening balance |  | $ | 208,722 |  | $ | 92,347 |  | $ | 17,241 |  | $ | 41,137 |  | $ | 359,447
﻿Creations |  |  | 49,398 |  |  | 21,274 |  |  | 4,062 |  |  | 10,835 |  |  | 85,569
﻿Redemptions |  |  | (17,079) |  |  | (7,313) |  |  | (1,412) |  |  | (3,765) |  |  | (29,569)
﻿Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 1,217 |  |  | (754) |  |  | (379) |  |  | 1,723 |  |  | 1,807
﻿Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (1,354) |  |  | (578) |  |  | (112) |  |  | (295) |  |  | (2,339)
﻿Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses |  |  | 130 |  |  | (41) |  |  | (25) |  |  | 132 |  |  | 196
﻿Change in unrealized gain on investment in Bullion |  |  | 36,432 |  |  | 16,264 |  |  | 3,876 |  |  | 20,023 |  |  | 76,595
﻿Closing balance |  | $ | 277,466 |  | $ | 121,199 |  | $ | 23,251 |  | $ | 69,790 |  | $ | 491,706
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﻿(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data) |  | Year Ended December 31, 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 |  |  | 31,517.8 |  |  | 1,155,651.2 |  |  | 4,202.4 |  |  | 6,303.5 |  |  | 1,197,674.9
﻿Redemptions |  |  | (28,644.8) |  |  | (1,050,308.6) |  |  | (3,819.3) |  |  | (5,729.0) |  |  | (1,088,501.7)
﻿Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (981.7) |  |  | (35,994.9) |  |  | (130.9) |  |  | (196.3) |  |  | (37,303.8)
﻿Closing balance |  |  | 162,854.5 |  |  | 5,971,327.0 |  |  | 21,713.7 |  |  | 32,570.6 |  |  | 6,188,465.8
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﻿Investment in Bullion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Opening balance |  | $ | 208,689 |  | $ | 99,537 |  | $ | 19,895 |  | $ | 33,995 |  | $ | 362,116
﻿Creations |  |  | 40,379 |  |  | 18,251 |  |  | 3,784 |  |  | 6,651 |  |  | 69,065
﻿Redemptions |  |  | (36,380) |  |  | (16,605) |  |  | (3,357) |  |  | (5,716) |  |  | (62,058)
﻿Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares |  |  | 1,087 |  |  | (1,675) |  |  | (744) |  |  | 1,447 |  |  | 115
﻿Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses |  |  | (1,250) |  |  | (570) |  |  | (116) |  |  | (198) |  |  | (2,134)
﻿Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses |  |  | 41 |  |  | (57) |  |  | (24) |  |  | 53 |  |  | 13
﻿Change in unrealized loss on investment in Bullion |  |  | (3,844) |  |  | (6,534) |  |  | (2,197) |  |  | 4,905 |  |  | (7,670)
﻿Closing balance |  | $ | 208,722 |  | $ | 92,347 |  | $ | 17,241 |  | $ | 41,137 |  | $ | 359,447
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