Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2018
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Investments in gold bullion cost	$ 145,342,210	$ 131,137,185

Cost of the investment.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 210
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99383244&loc=d3e12121-115841

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