Total Assets Total Liabilities Net Assets Net Assets—beginning of year Net Assets—end of year Value Net Assets Total expenses Net investment loss Net investment loss Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from operations Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets resulting from operations Investment Type [Axis] Organization [Abstract] Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] Asset Class [Axis] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Axis] Shares, beginning of period Shares, end of period Shares outstanding (in Shares) Shares beginning of period, amount Shares end of period, amount Investment in Gold [Abstract] Beginning balance, Ounces Ending balance, Ounces Beginning balance, Fair Value Ending balance, Fair value Investments in gold bullion (cost $1,384,168,533 and $880,891,128, respectively) Investment at fair value Product and Service [Axis] Related Parties—Sponsor, Trustee, Custodian and Marketing Fees [Abstract] Financial Highlights [Abstract] Net asset value per share, beginning of year Net asset value per share, end of year Net asset value per share (in Dollars per share) Commitments and Concentration of Risk [Abstract] Indemnification [Abstract] Subsequent Events [Abstract] Assets Investments in gold bullion cost Cost Capital shares receivable Gold bullion sold receivable Liabilities Capital shares payable Gold bullion purchased payable Sponsor’s fee payable Net Assets Consists of: Paid-in-capital Accumulated earnings Shares issued (in Shares) Shares par value (in Dollars per share) Expenses Sponsor’s fees Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain from gold bullion distributed for redemptions Realized gain (loss) from gold distributed from in-kind, Fair Value Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment in gold bullion Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), Fair Value Creations Fine Ounces % of Net Assets Redemptions Gold bullion Investments Liabilities in excess of other assets ORGANIZATION SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Schedule of Investments at Fair Value Schedule of Changes in Shares Shares issued Shares issued, amount INVESTMENT IN GOLD Schedule of Changes in Ounces of Gold and the Respective Fair Value Gold bullion contributed, Ounces Gold bullion contributed, Fair Value Realized gain (loss) from gold distributed from in-kind, Ounces Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), Ounces RELATED PARTIES—SPONSOR, TRUSTEE, CUSTODIAN AND MARKETING FEES FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Schedule of Financial Highlights Net investment loss Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment in gold bullion Net change in net assets from operations Total return, at net asset value Ratio to average net assets Net investment loss Net expenses COMMITMENTS AND CONCENTRATION OF RISK INDEMNIFICATION SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Shares redeemed Redeemed shares Shares redeemed, amount Gold bullion distributed, Ounces Gold bullion distributed, Fair Value Investment in Gold [Member] Gold [Member] Level 1 [Member] Level 2 [Member] Level 3 [Member] Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes for Assessing, Identifying, and Managing Threats [Text Block] Cybersecurity Risk Management Expertise of Management Responsible [Text Block] Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes Integrated [Text Block] Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes Integrated [Flag] Cybersecurity Risk Management Positions or Committees Responsible [Text Block] Cybersecurity Risk Management Positions or Committees Responsible [Flag] Cybersecurity Risk Management Positions or Committees Responsible Report to Board [Flag] Cybersecurity Risk Materially Affected or Reasonably Likely to Materially Affect Registrant [Text Block] Cybersecurity Risk Materially Affected or Reasonably Likely to Materially Affect Registrant [Flag] Number of purchased ounces Number of shares exchanged Price of an ounce of gold Transaction fee Number Of Authorized Shares Not Disclosed Annualized fee payable rate Legal expenses, per annum Factors affected price gold, description Valuation of Gold Expenses Creations and Redemptions of Shares Income Taxes Revenue Recognition Policy Segment Reporting Creations and Redemptions of Shares [Member] Investments [Domain] Statement [Table] Statement [Line Items] Asset Class [Domain] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Domain] Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Investments at Fair Value (Details) [Table] Schedule of Investments at Fair Value [Line Items] Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Changes in Shares (Details) [Table] Schedule of Changes in Shares [Line Items] Product and Service [Domain] Investment in Gold - Schedule of Changes in Ounces of Gold and the Respective Fair Value (Details) [Table] Schedule of Changes in Ounces of Gold and the Respective Fair Value [Line Items] Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance [Table] Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance [Line Items] Award Type [Domain] Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Table] Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] Annualized fee payable rate. Represent the amount of change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), ounces. Disclosure of accounting policy for creations and redemptions of shares. Description of factors that affect price of gold. Ounces of gold bullion contributed for the creation of shares Ounces of gold bullion distributed for the redemption of shares. Fair value of gold distributed for the redemption of shares. Fair value of gold bullion contributed for the creation of shares. The entire disclosure for indemnification. Number of investment owned ounces. Number of authorized shares not disclosed. Number of purchased ounces. Number of shares exchanged. Represent the amount of realized gain (loss) from gold distributed from in-kind, ounces. The amount of expense provided in the period for transaction fee incurred all creation and redemption transactions. Disclosure of accounting policy for valuation of gold. 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