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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Level 2
Investment in Bullion		$	524,001		$	491,706

Schedule Of Investment In Bullion

(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Ounces of Bullion		Gold			Silver			Platinum			Palladium			Total
Opening balance			183,176.5			6,716,468.5			24,423.3			36,635.0			6,960,703.4
Creations			21,272.9			780,005.0			2,836.4			4,254.6			808,368.9
Redemptions			(8,506.4)			(311,901.7)			(1,134.2)			(1,701.3)			(323,243.6)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(277.5)			(10,175.6)			(37.0)			(55.5)			(10,545.6)
Closing balance			195,665.5			7,174,396.2			26,088.5			39,132.8			7,435,283.1
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	277,466		$	121,199		$	23,251		$	69,790		$	491,706
Creations			34,157			13,848			2,637			10,443			61,085
Redemptions			(12,944)			(4,157)			(786)			(2,862)			(20,749)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			1,871			(1,212)			(366)			1,058			1,351
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(434)			(172)			(32)			(135)			(773)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			78			(3)			(6)			81			150
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion			14,622			(29,564)			(5,732)			11,905			(8,769)
Closing balance		$	314,816		$	99,939		$	18,966		$	90,280		$	524,001
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		Three Months Ended March 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			2,854.4			104,660.3			380.6			570.9			108,466.2
Redemptions			(8,559.3)			(313,839.5)			(1,141.2)			(1,711.9)			(325,251.9)
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(241.5)			(8,854.3)			(32.2)			(48.3)			(9,176.3)
Closing balance			156,908.1			5,753,293.5			20,920.9			31,381.3			5,962,503.8
Investment in Bullion
Opening balance		$	208,722		$	92,347		$	17,241		$	41,137		$	359,447
Creations			3,714			1,638			309			791			6,452
Redemptions			(11,152)			(4,842)			(925)			(2,520)			(19,439)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion distributed for the redemption of Shares			595			(545)			(273)			1,177			954
Transfers of Bullion to pay expenses			(313)			(138)			(26)			(66)			(543)
Realized gain / (loss) on Bullion transferred to pay expenses			15			(14)			(8)			28			21
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in Bullion			1,677			(1,571)			1,465			3,073			4,644
Closing balance		$	203,258		$	86,875		$	17,783		$	43,620		$	351,536

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
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